'June 23. -- Our second midwinter day has come and gone, finding us even more cheerful than the last. We made a great night of it last night; the warrant officers dined aft, and we had soup made from a real turtle sent to us by our kind friend Mr. Kinsey, of Christchurch...' (R.F. Scott, The Voyage of the Discovery, London, 1905, II, p.189.)

'...at 7 we sat down to our own Christmas dinner to which the four Warrant Officers had been invited, namely the Bo'sun, the Second Engineer, the Chief Carpenter and the Steward. They were great fun and enjoyed themselves well. I had the Carpenter next me at dinner, the nicest of the four. We had the remains of the champagne that was sent on board specially for the King at Cowes. It was by no means bad stuff. The Carpenter asked me what it was about three parts through dinner. He said it wasn't like any champagne he had ever drunk, because it "didn't seem to do you any good". He had done his best and been unable to get any forrarder on it.' (E. Wilson, Diary of the 'Discovery' Expedition, London, 1966, p.266.)