The group, with meagre rations which they had to supplement by fish and seal meat, were forced to spend the winter months of 1912 in a snow cave which they excavated on Inexpressible Island.
Gruppen, med beskedne rationer som de måtte supplere med fisk og sælkød, tilbragte vinteren i 1912 i en snehule, som de gravede ud på Inexpressible Island.