Describe the men’s situation in terms of:

a.      their physical surroundings
       Scoot and his men is surrounded by minus degrees. With snow, ice and blizzards laying everywhere. Everyday the wind was changing, and it seemed like the wether only knew how to get worse.

b.     the state of their provisions

The men had food for a couples of days (not much), teodolit, a camera, medicine, sleeping bags, tent, geological specimens, sledge, and spirit.

c.      their physical condition

Frostbites has killed one of the men and the cold is not very pleasant at all, to stay in. Scoot and his men did not have enough food, so they had to go on with a half full stomach.    

d.     their mental condition
       Even though the trip was tough these men did not want to give up. They had mentally an ideal thought of how they should keep on fighting, for their honor. To them giving up even when you can go on is worse than dyeing. Oaten took his own life by walked into the blizzard with his head up high.