The difference in attitude and preparedness can easily be seen in the accounts of the respective teams' over-wintering activities. Amundsen's team was occupied for the entire winter in testing, modifying and refining their equipment, a process already begun during the voyage south in the Fram, where Amundsen had the sledges dismantled and rebuilt as he was unhappy with the assembly of the sledges as received from the outfitters. During the winter the British, by contrast, seemed to be primarily occupied by playing soccer, putting on theatrical plays and lectures, and conducting scientific experiments. There is virtually no reference in the accounts of the British expedition to any attempts to test or improve their equipment. It is interesting to note that much of the equipment for both teams, including the sledges and the vital sledge-meters, was acquired from the same Norwegian supplier and was therefore essentially the same for both teams. The contrast is that Scott used his equipment virtually as it was, whereas Amundsen and his men took great pains to improve their equipment and rectify the numerous small deficiencies that they perceived. The sledge-meters are a case in point. During the autumn depot-laying trips the Norwegians discovered that the fine snow crystals and the strong winds caused the mechanism of the sledge-meters to clog up with snow, impairing their operation. During the winter Adolph Lindstroem, the cook and also a highly skilled small-machine mechanic, dismantled and rebuilt the sledge-meters to prevent this snow infiltration. All the Norwegians' sledge-meters worked flawlessly during the polar journey and remained remarkably consistent and accurate, as evidenced by the fact that on December 14th, 1911, all three remaining sledge-drivers (Hanssen, Bjaaland and Wisting) shouted "halt" virtually simultaneously when their sledge-meters indicated that they had reached the Pole. By contrast, the British didn't bother to try and improve the sledge-meters, even though they had the same experience as the Norwegians during their autumn depot-laying trips. As a result at least one of the British sledge-meters broke during the journey, causing the second returning party to travel back without a sledge-meter, a highly risky undertaking and a testament to Teddy Evans' navigational skills even in the face of the developing scurvy he was suffering from. This little detail again underscores the cavalier nature of Scott's leadership and the unnecessary risks that resulted from it.