 On 28 January 1900 "Southern Cross" returned.Borchgrevink and his party quickly vacated the camp, and on 2 February he took the ship south into the Ross Sea.Evidence of a hasty and disorderly departure from Cape Adare was noted two years later by members of the Discovery Expedition, when Edward Wilson wrote; "... heaps of refuse all around, and a mountain of provision boxes, dead birds, seals, dogs, sledging gear ... and heaven knows what else".