14 SCOTT'S: LAST EXPEDITION [Jury 
us to think that the tidal action of the coast here was taken up 
in part at any rate by the pressure ridges without forming any 
definite tide crack. 
This excursion from our sledges gave us, as we thought, our 
right direction for the safer land ice, but on turning ourselves with 
them in that direction, we found we were still running into the 
same crevassed mounds and ridges, so, finding a hollow with 
deeper snow in it, we camped for the night, and decided to wait 
until we could see exactly where we had got to. 
The absence of a well-marked tide crack—which had rather 
puzzled us in the Discovery days—in the crossing of land-ice 
slopes such as Terror Point (Cape McKay) and the ‘ second 
snowcape,’ both of which come straight down from Terror and 
run into the pressure ridges, was a question which we had in our 
minds all these days. We assuredly did cross several small cracks 
on these slopes which had the appearance of a certain amount of 
working, but their breadth was a matter of a couple of inches 
only, and if tidal they must take up only an insignificant fraction 
of the movement. ‘They are so small that they may easily have 
been obscured by snowfall in the old days. Bowers is convinced 
they are to be considered tidal cracks. I am not so sure myself, 
and hope to have a better view of them by daylight before decid- 
ing whether there is anything to take up tidal movement besides 
the pressure ridges, which seem to me more than sufficient. 
This day the temp. ranged from — 36-7° up to —27°, with 
light airs northerly and southerly. 
Some hours after midnight it began to blow and to snow more 
heavily. 
The min. temp. for the night was — 24:5° up to noon the next 
day. 
Monday, July 10, 1911.—By noon a blizzard was blowing 
from the S.S.W., of force 6 to 8, and the air was as thick as could 
be with snow. This continued all day, and we lay wet and warm 
in our bags, listening to the periodic movements of the ice pres- 
sure, apparently tidal to some extent, beneath and about us. 
Tuesday, July 11, 1911.—The temp. at 10 A.M. went up to 
+ 7-8° ‘a rise of over 80° from the record minimum,’ and at 
8 P.M. was still + 6-8°, with a minimum for the day of + 3:2°. 
The wind came from S.W., force 5 to 9, and very squally. This 
continued all day with a very considerable snowfall which packed 
