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blowing a blizzard, with heavy drift, impossible to see five yards.

October 15.—The wind dropped in the morning, but the weather remained overcast. Priestley went collecting and taking photographs, while the rest of us took one sledge half-way over to Point Penelope, as our load was very big after picking up the depôts.

October 16.—Weather overcast and snowing, but much warmer; we went round the bay collecting. It is impossible to get on to any of the glaciers from the sea ice, as they are all wall-faced.

October 17.—After getting some photographs of icebergs we started for Point Penelope. The forenoon was fine, but during our halt for lunch a heavy bank of cloud worked up from the N., and soon after resuming our march a S.E. wind sprang up, bringing snow and drift. The weather got so bad we had to leave one sledge about a mile out, and got into camp in the cave with the others just as the blizzard came on. In the cave we were as snug as could be, and finding some seal meat Levick had left, put it in the hoosh and had a great feed.

October 19.—Temperature zero. Weather very thick. We laid out a depôt off the Dugdale ice tongue which will do for our next trip into Robertson Bay.

October 20.—Weather very thick; land on the other side of the bay being obscured, we had to shape course by compass to Cape Adare, Starting about 9, we pulled through the fog, getting into rather troublesome pack, till one o'clock, when we halted for lunch. During lunch the fog lifted, and by climbing a berg I was able to see