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WITH SCOTT : THE SILVER LINING 



irregular ice crossed by a deep gully due to tide cracks. Here 

 we left the sledges, and all climbed up the West Dailey Island. 

 We attacked the nearest snow-covered slope, though later we 

 found it was the steepest portion of the island. There was a 

 fair route along the snow, however, and we soon reached the 

 top. Two asymmetric valleys crossed the island, whose cross 

 section seemed to indicate glacial erosion from the south-east. 

 Blocks of marble, kenyte, and gneiss were scattered over the 

 island, which was itself composed of basic lava. We were 

 most interested, however, in the view towards Erebus, for we 

 hoped to see a clear route to Cape Evans. 



W^ Erebus 

 Ross' is 



White 

 Is- 



Map showing our journey round the breaking barrier. 



Four miles north of us was a prominent crack leading east 

 and west. All the ice to the east and north-east was rough, 

 pinnacled stuff as far as we could see. In the distance 

 Inaccessible and Tent Islands appeared clearly, and also a 

 curtain of frost smoke. We could not detect the latter much 

 south of Tent Island, and hoped this meant that the ice had 

 not gone out behind Glacier Tongue. 



I decided to camp after another mile, and then skirt along 

 the pinnacle (bearing towards Cape Royds) until it appeared 

 feasible to cross to the east. I photographed the little valleys 

 on the island, and then we returned down a much easier slope 



