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146 WILHELM LAuB. 
The next tour was undertaken by UNGER and myself from 28/,, 
ZU, 1909. 
We went north and west of Shannon Island, in order to survey the 
coast and on the 4th of November we arrived at the Shannon Island 
depot at Cape Philip Broke, the south-eastern point of the island 
(Fig. 65). The ice had been good the whole way, smooth new ice 
everywhere along the west coast of Shannon Island and over Freeden 
Bay. At the latter place, however, we drove on quite thin ice during 
the last four hours before reaching the depot. The ice was only 
5—6cm thick and broke up the same night we arrived at the depot, 
and the next day open water extended far away into Freeden Bay. 
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Fig. 64. The river at Haystack. 
We stayed at the depot for a week, expecting the ice to freeze solid, 
so that we might get to Bass Rock, but as our expectations were not 
fulfilled, we returned to our winter quarters on the IIth. 
Here we were to take tidal observations for a month, and therefore 
we all four stayed on, especially as the said observations had to be 
taken before Christmas. 
One man had to look after this for 24 hours at a stretch, this division 
of labour proving the most practical with regard to our other duties on 
board the ship. These consisted furthermore in taking daily meteoro- 
logical observations, looking after the dogs, bringing provisions ashore, 
besides making the vessel ready for the winter, by covering her entirely 
(Fig. 66). This was done with our spare sails, which were laid over a 
wooden frame, but I shall, point out that this method should only 
