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soundings show a ‘ deep’ which IJ believe Professor David rather 
suspected. They were really taken for his benefit. 
By 3 A.M. on January 25 we had worked the ship through 
the ice near Campbell’s winter quarters and secured to the sea 
ice which extended a quarter of a mile out from the piedmont. 
This was particularly solid and slippery, being quite free from 
snow. Although so close to the shore we found the depth 198 
fathoms. 
We sent a party away under Priestley to pick up the depot 
of geological specimens; the remainder of the Expedition visited 
the igloo where Campbell and his party spent the previous winter. 
The visit to the igloo revealed in itself a story of hardship 
that brought home to us what Campbell never would have told. 
There was only one place in this smoke-begrimed cavern where 
a short man could stand upright. In odd corners were discarded 
clothes saturated with blubber and absolutely black. The weight 
of these garments was extraordinary, and we experienced strange 
sensations as we examined the cheerless hole that had been the 
only home of six of our hardiest men. No cell prisoners ever 
lived through such discomfort. Most of the Terra Nova’s 
crew secured mementoes of their visit to this unparalleled 
habitation. 
We left a depot of provisions at the head of the Bay, its 
position being marked by a bamboo and flag. This depdt con- 
tains enough food stuffs to enable a party of five or six men to 
make their way to Butter Point, where another large depot exists. 
Very early on January 26 we left these inhospitable shores, 
and steaming E.N.E. to get clear of the ice belts which stream 
up the coast, we virtually gained the open Ross Sea by the even- 
ing, on the return voyage to New Zealand. 
An attempt was made to close the Balleny Islands, which do 
not all appear to be correctly charted, but thick weather and 
adverse ice conditions prevented our accomplishing this. 
The Terra Nova stood well to the westward, as shown in the 
accompanying track chart, until she was in a good position for 
making New Zealand. 
It is interesting to note that in latitude 64° 15’S., longitude 
159° 15’E. the Terra Nova passed close to an iceberg twenty- 
one geographical miles in length. 
On February 2, in latitude 62° 10’S., longitude 158° 15’E., 
