258 SCOTT'S LAST; EXPEDITION . [January 
In the early hours of the new year the pack was left, and no 
more pack was met till the ship got to within five or six miles 
of Cape Adare at 9 A.M. on the 3rd. 
eg ee Here very heavy pack was found and Robertson 
178" 45! 3% Bay was full of it, but by waiting for the chance she 
managed to get within a mile of the moraine on which 
the hut is built by 11.30; all inside this was heavy pack swiftly 
moving with the tidal stream. Nothing could be done, and with 
Lag the satisfaction of seeing people moving about near 
ror2. Of the hut, we had to haul off to the centre of the en- 
Robertson trance, where there was now a space of clear water. 
Bey. While waiting, Lillie got a satisfactory trawl in fifty 
fathoms—the first of the season. 
At 4 P.M. the water on the north side of the moraine cleared 
sufficiently to allow of an attempt at landing, and after an hour’s 
pushing through the pack, she anchored close in, in seven fathoms. 
Rennick and Bruce immediately went on shore with the 
cutter and whaler, and in spite of a nasty swell, which was break- 
ing on the beach, were able to embark some of the stores. 
In an hour and a half, however, the boats had to return, as 
the pack was setting towards the ship, and she had to weigh 
at once; it was not till 1 P.M. the next day that the pack gave 
signs of easing up again, and the ship took till 4.30 to work her 
way through and anchor again in the same position. The swell 
had now died down, and in two and a half hours Campbell and 
all his party, their collections, and all necessary stores were on 
board; just in time, for the pack was again setting on the ship. 
Robertson Bay is not a nice place from the seaman’s point 
of view. The tidal streams are strong, the pack ice heavy, there 
are very many grounded bergs about, and gales are frequent and 
fierce, while the uneven bottom suggests the likelihood of un- 
known pinnacled rocks. It was with great satisfaction, there- 
fore, that we left the bay with Campbell’s party on board in ex- 
cellent health and spirits. 
More pack was found lying off the coast of South Victoria 
Land and kept the ship well off shore till about forty-five miles 
E.S.E. of the extremity of the Drygalski Barrier, 
when it became sufficiently loose to let her turn in 
ey", towards the Drygalski and work through it. With 
168° 37 E, hopes alternately raised and lowered as the pack 
