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Richards
14 December
The Aurora leaves Sydney
24 December
The Aurora leaves Hobart
1915
    1 January        
The Aurora enters the Ross Sea, Antarctica
10 January
The Aurora arrives at McMurdo Sound
24 January
The first season of sledging commences
9 February
Joyce’s team lay supplies at Minna Bluff depot, near 79°S
11 February
Mackintosh’s team also reach the Bluff depot
19 February
Mackintosh, Joyce and Wild put down the 80°S depot
21 February–6 March
Hayward and Richards, and others, place depots close to Hut Point
12 March
Spencer-Smith and Richards, and others, are back at Cape Evans
14 March
Hayward and others arrive at Discovery hut, Hut Point
24 March
Mackintosh, Joyce and Wild also reach Discovery hut
6 May
The Aurora is swept away from Cape Evans
2 June
The men at Discovery hut make the crossing to Cape Evans
22 August
The sun appears over the horizon
September
All the depot stores are taken from Cape Evans to Discovery hut
October
The depots laid earlier close to Hut Point are replenished
November
The depots continue to be replenished, using two teams, led by Mackintosh and Joyce
24 December
Mackintosh’s team leaves Bluff depot and heads south. Joyce’s team is approaching the Bluff depot
31 December
Both teams are together
1916
    6 January       
At 80°S, Gaze, Cope and Jack are sent back, leaving the six men of the Mount Hope Party
12 January
The 81°S depot is laid
18 January
The 82°S depot is laid
22 January
Near 83°S, Spencer-Smith is left behind
26 January
The final depot at Mount Hope is put in place
29 January
Mackintosh, Joyce, Wild, Hayward and Richards return to Spencer-Smith
2 February
The six men reach the 82°S depot and pick up provisions
7 February
They reach 81°S (209 miles to Hut Point)
11 February
They reach 80°S (155 miles to Hut Point)
17 February
A blizzard stops their progress, 10 miles from the Bluff depot (80 miles to Hut Point)
17–22 February
The blizzard continues
23 February
Mackintosh, Spencer-Smith and Wild are left behind
23–26 February
Joyce, Richards and Hayward, with the four dogs, trek to the Bluff depot
29 February
Joyce, Richards and Hayward return to Mackintosh, Spencer-Smith and Wild
1 March
The six men are at Bluff depot (70 miles to Hut Point)
6 March
The six men are 40 miles from Hut Point
8 March
Mackintosh is left behind (30 miles to Hut Point)
9 March
Spencer-Smith dies, early that morning (20 miles from Hut Point)
11 March
Joyce, Wild, Richards and Hayward reach Discovery hut at Hut Point
14 March
Joyce, Wild and Richards set off to bring in Mackintosh
16 March
Mackintosh is rescued
18 March
The five remaining men of the Mount Hope Party are at Hut Point
March–April
The men recover, and wait for the sea-ice to freeze so they can walk to Cape Evans
8 May
Mackintosh and Hayward leave, to walk to Cape Evans
15 July
Joyce, Wild and Richards, and the four dogs, walk to Cape Evans
July 1916–January 1917
Joyce, Wild and Richards (with Cope, Gaze, Jack and Stevens) are at Cape Evans
1917
    10 January
The relief ship arrives

SOURCES
    ABBREVIATIONS
    ATL: Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand
    RGS-IBG: Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), London, United Kingdom
    CM: Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand
    NMM: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, United  Kingdom.
    SPRI: Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom
PRIMARY SOURCES
Diaries
    1. Hayward, Victor George, original field diary. JOD/231/1. NMM.
    2. Joyce, Ernest Edward Mills, original field diary, private collection of Betsy Krementz. Log transcript of Ernest E. Joyce (MS-Papers-0217-01, microfilmed at MS-Copy-Micro-0629), ATL.
    3. Mackintosh, Aeneas Lionel Acton, diary notes 31 Dec 1914–24 Jan 1915, and 5 Jun 1915–30 Sep 1915, SPRI. MS 1537/4/1/1; D Mackintosh Aeneas, Diary 5 Jun 1915 to 30 Sep 1915 and diary notes, 25