276 THE VOYAGE OF THE 'DISCOVERY' [Feb. 



the west, brought the " Morning " up on us again. She looked 

 very trim and snug under her canvas. As she approached she 

 ran up a signal which we could not distinguish, but guessing 

 that she wanted to take advantage of the breeze and get away 

 north, I hoisted "Proceed on your voyage," and soon her 

 answering pennant fluttered out, her helm went up, and she 

 shot away to the north-east ; and so our imposing little fleet is 

 breaking up. At 6 a.m. we rounded the inner angle of Cape 

 Washington, and to our surprise found the whole bay full of 

 pack-ice. We passed through one broad stream and got well 

 inside the headland, but beyond this from the crow's-nest I 

 could see no open water, and it was obviously impossible to 

 proceed into any of the inlets. Signalling to the "Terra 

 Nova " to remain outside, we pushed in towards the southern 

 shore, and tried to secure the ship to a small berg ; but there 

 was a considerable swell running into the bay, and after some 

 unsuccessful eff'orts to reach the berg we tied up to a small but 

 solid floe. Then all hands, officers and men, tumbled over 

 the side and started working like demons to get the ice on 

 board ; by 3 p.m. we had finished, and I was sincerely glad, for 

 some of our people are almost dropping with fatigue. They 

 had little rest before we came out of the ice, but since, they 

 have had practically none. We never quite appreciated what 

 a lot of work there was to be done till we got to sea, but what 

 with the bending of ropes and sails, the securing of movable 

 articles, and the constant chipping away of ice from every 

 conceivable place, there has not been a moment's peace for 

 our overworked crew. 



' The day has been very fine and bright, with occasional 

 south-westerly breezes, but quite warm when the wind fell. 

 There was a good deal of young ice in the bay when we 

 entered, but it vanished in the course of the day. Wood Bay 

 was looking its best. The south side is fringed by the ice- 

 cliffs terminating the slopes of Mount Melbourne, with rocky 

 headlands and huge masses of black morainic material occa- 

 sionally occurring. The north side is limited by splendid bare 

 rocky cliffs intersected with deep glacier valleys. 



