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. 

 J- 7 ; W2, Here very heavy pack was found and Robertson 



178 ss 1 E. ^ a y was ^ u ^ ^ **' ^7 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 



the satisfaction of seeing people moving about near 



Jan. 3 and 4, . , , , , , , , , 



1912. Of the hut, we had to haul on to the centre or the en- 

 Robertson trance, where there was now a space of clear water. 

 Bay. 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 i 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 

 towards the Drygalski and work through it. With 

 168 3? E. hopes alternately raised and lowered as the pack 



