Geology 



glacier by which we had ascended, but several others 

 which radiated from the central mass. 



We were unable to determine whether the distant 

 peaks marked the farther limit of the snowfield, but if 

 this were the case we were very near the main water- 

 shed of the country. This was a question which we 

 were obliged for the present to leave unsettled, as to 

 penetrate farther into these snowclad wildernesses 

 would require an expedition much better equipped than 

 ours. 



Having now spent five days and nights on and 

 around the glacier, and having found that the great 

 crevasses between us and the snowfield were really im- 

 passable, we made ready for our return to camp. 



On this journey all went well until we reached the 

 great ice-fall, where we at once got into difficulties. Our 

 old steps which we had cut on the outward journey were 

 still visible, but the crevasses had changed considerably 

 during our absence, and eventually we reached the edge 

 of a new crevasse 30 feet in width and could see the 

 continuation of our tracks on its farther side. This, of 

 course, brought us to a halt, but after some time we 

 managed to work our way round the end of the rift and 

 again take up our old track. 



When, however, we reached the ice-bridge, by which 

 we had crossed the great crevasse on our way up, we 

 found to our consternation that it had fallen in, owing 

 to a widening of the abyss, and all attempts to find 

 another crossing proving fruitless, we slowly made our 

 way back to the solid ice above the fall, and thence to 

 the side of the glacier, with the object of taking to the 

 rocks. 



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