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expected. Eight inches of snow were lying on the ground, and 

 through this we had to stamp our way to the boat, finding it, when 

 we got there, as full as a guillemot of slush and sea-water. The 

 ' watertight ' bread-boxes were filled with water to overflowing, 

 and the dog-food well, dog-food will stand water; but the 

 bread ! 



The weather was clear the next day, and we saw that the drift- 

 ice was not so bad but that we could get across the fjord, so we 



SCHEI SURVEYING A GLACIER. 



started to row to the other side. The ice was slack everywhere in 

 the fjord, and it was not until we were close off the opposite 

 shore that we met with any difficulty. This was in the shape of 

 a rather tiresome strip of ice, which necessitated our punting the 

 boat forward. Near ' Sydkap/ or ' South Cape,' we got into a land- 

 channel, in which we saw a great many walrus, as well as on the 

 ice on both sides of it, but we would not stop for them, as we 

 wanted to get on while the weather was fine. The current was as 

 swift as a river, but fortunately it was with us, and we made good 

 progress westward along the shore. Then, too, a fresh breeze 



