io2 THE VOYAGE OF THE 'DISCOVERY' [Jan. 



shadow as the sun fell on its smooth, steep sides. The tide 

 was making out of the bay with considerable strength, and 

 now and again it bore past us a floe alive with busy, chattering 

 penguins. 



Somewhat later Bernacchi and some others landed again to 

 visit once more the grave of poor Hanson, and to see that all 

 was well with it. They took with them a tin cylinder contain- 

 ing the latest information with regard to our voyage, with 

 directions to place it in some conspicuous part of the hut. 

 The following year this cylinder was found by the - Morning,' 

 and gave the first information that the ' Discovery ' had suc- 

 ceeded in reaching these southern regions. 



At 3 a.m. on January 10, when it was still gloriously calm 

 and bright, we weighed our anchor and again stood out to sea, 

 steering close around the high land of Cape A dare in hopes 

 of finding a clear channel close to the land. At first it 

 appeared as though we should do so, but soon the tidal stream 

 began to make from the south, and the whole aspect of the 

 streams of heavy pack-ice rapidly changed ; before we could 

 decide to turn, the pack was all about us, and we were being 

 rapidly borne along with it. Across the entrance to the bay 

 there was a chain of grounded icebergs, and it was towards 

 these that we were now being carried ; we could see and 

 almost hear the heavy floes grinding and overriding one 

 another against these barriers. For the first time we faced the 

 dangers of the pack, and became aware of its mighty powers. 

 For we could do little or nothing, the floes around us were 

 heavier than anything we had yet met ; twist and turn as we 

 would, we could make no appreciable advance, and in front of 

 one monster floe we were brought to a standstill for nearly half 

 an hour. Still we battled on ; Armitage remained aloft work- 

 ing the ship with admirable patience, the engine-room, as 

 usual, responded nobly to the call for more steam, and soon 

 the ' Discovery ' was exerting all her powers in the fray, but 

 the progress was still so slow that it looked almost inevitable 

 that we should be carried down amongst the bergs. It was 

 one of those hours which impress themselves for ever on the 



