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depended on round the Drygalski. It runs out so far into the Ross Sea, and even in winter I believe there is a lot of movement far out.

On the other hand, Professor David speaks of the Drygalski ice tongue as a bad place to cross owing to rough ice, barrancas, and crevasses. I think that unless the sea ice looks very good I shall choose the ice tongue.

June 2.—A still, fine day, and we are able to lay in a good stock of sea ice, blubber, and meat from our depôts.

One of the seal meat depôts being on the south side of the cove, about a mile away, it is only on fine days we can reach it now we get no daylight.

June 7.—The wind came up again on the night of the 2nd, and has been blowing hard ever since. Levick some days ago designed a new stove, which we call the 'Complex' in opposition to our old one, the 'Simplex.' The reason the 'Complex' did not catch on with the rest of us he put down to professional jealousy, but to-day I came in to find the designer using the old 'Simplex,' while a much battered 'Complex' lay outside on the drift, where it remained for the rest of the winter.

June 10.—The last two days have been calm, and with thick snow, but to-day the old wind came back again, and now it is blowing a gale and the drift is smothering. Levick searched his medicine case for luxuries, and found bottles of ginger, limejuice, and citron tabloids.

The limejuice we keep for sledging, but the two others we serve out from time to time. Our new hatch works well, and although it gets covered up, it keeps the shaft