DESCRIPTION OF THE ISLANDS: CANDLEMAS I. 



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volcanic activities of the place combined to produce a hideous and unearthly scene, 

 reminiscent of Dante's Inferno. As we passed to leeward of the craters strong sulphurous 

 fumes swept across the ship. 

 There are no penguins in this northern part of the island, but on the low intervening 



Fig. II. Candlemas Island: sketches by Lt.-Cmdr. J. Irving. 



a. From the westward : the actively volcanic northern part of the island on the left and 

 the glaciated southern part on the right. Tow Bay (left) and Sea-serpent Cove (right) 

 separated by portions of the basaltic plateau. 



b. The eastern side of the island seen from the S. Boot Rock in the centre bearing 327°, 

 distant 8 cables. Spit Point and Black Rock on right. 



c. From the NW: the volcano bearing 145°, distant 3 miles. 



c 



Fig. 12. Rock exposures on the east coast of Candlemas : from a sketch by Mr F. C. Fraser. 



a. Shrove Point. 



b. Boulders on shore. 



c. Glacier. 



d. Dark grey-black rock. 



e. Black boulders in dark red-brown ground-mass. 



/. Stratified grey-black rocks. 



g. Ice screes. 



h. Boot Rock. 



j. Yellow-brown staining on rock. 



k. Spit Point. 



ground they occur in large numbers, and in the south they are to be found wherever the 

 glacier and steep cliffs allow them to establish themselves. 



The whole of the southern part is thickly covered with glacier, which, however, only 

 extends to sea-level at a few points. In one or two places there is an outcropping of rock 

 through the ice covering, and on the northern side there is a huge bluff of dark grey rock 

 round which the glacier divides as it descends to the level land beyond (Fig. 1 1 a). Here, 

 immediately below the edge of the glacier, conspicuous patches of green vegetation were 



