(BOENZ)

Along with Nobby, Bones was considered one of the strongest and fittest ponies, who was able to haul his sledge with little difficulty. He, too, reached the base of the Beardmore Glacier.

Bones did, however, have a penchant for some mischief. As they wintered in Antarctica prior to the journey to the Pole, Scott wrote: “‘Bones’ has taken to kicking at night for no imaginable reason. He hammers away at the back of his stall merrily; we have covered the boards with several layers of sacking, so that the noise is cured, if not the habit. The annoying part of these tricks is that they hold the possibility of damage to the pony.”