But while Pennell wintered the Terra Nova in New Zealand, disaster struck in Antarctica, and Atkinson was forced to take charge of the entire expedition. One night, after being wined and dined by Melbourne notables, Pennell began imagining the day he would take command of the Terra Nova once the expedition reached Antarctica. “It is extraordinary how fond I have become of Atkinson,” Pennell wrote. Evans was lifted aboard the Terra Nova in his sleeping bag and installed in a berth, clinging to life. “Jane was very bright & happy when he arrived & fled off to Essex where his lady love lives,” Pennell wrote in his diary, “but that is another story.”Her name was Jessie Ferguson.