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outside, and the tidal overflow at the edge gives patches 

 of good going. Second, we would have something to 

 follow in dense fog. Third, there was the chance of 

 coming upon a bear, and fourth, the certainty of 

 finding water, which would economise our fuel. 



After travelling some four hours about due west, and 

 not reaching the ice-foot, I got a little irritated and 

 made up my mind to go to it no matter how far out it 

 was. 



We were all night (8^ hours) reaching it, and then 

 found it no true ice-foot, only an irregular line between 

 the ice of the bay and the broken ice outside, with 

 no tidal joint whatever. A few hundred yards out 

 was a lead of open water, and a sounding in this gave 

 no bottom at 155 fathoms. Two hours from camp 

 we opened up past Cape Albert Edward, what at first 

 appeared to be an island, but later showed as distant 

 connected land, and, might, I thought, be the northern 

 part of Jesup Land. 



In any event whether that or a continuation of the 

 Grant Land coast, I was now looking into the unknown. 



This Yelverton Bay is full of glaciers, and one pre- 

 sents the usual characteristics of the Whale Sound 

 glaciers (vertical face and crevasses). 



The glacial fringe here has a distinct glacier char- 

 acteristic in that its surface is undulating, and there 

 is a gradual descent in going away from the land. 



A sandpiper flew over in this march and a seal was 

 seen while we were making the sounding. 



The night, while we marched, was clear, calm and 

 warm, a striking contrast to previous ones. 



I broke the trail for five and one-half hours, and on 



