226 ° SCOTT’S LAST EXPEDITION 
observations. These observations were for obtaining the exact 
longitude. The whole Sound at this time to the north and west 
of Inaccessible Island was open water. We had two enormous 
drifts of nine to ten feet high leading from the door of the annexe 
down to the sea. The latter end of July the weather broke up 
entirely and we had a repetition of our usual blizzards for the 
season. 
