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low level. North of the " Gap " are " Crater Heights," and 

 the higher volcanic peak beyond is to be " Crater Hill " ; it is 

 1,050 feet in height. Our protecting promontory is to be 

 " Hut Point," with " Arrival Bay " on the north and " Winter 

 Quarter Bay " on the south ; above " Arrival Bay " are the 

 u Arrival Heights," which continue with breaks for about three 

 miles to a long snow-slope, beyond which rises the most 

 conspicuous landmark on our peninsula, a high precipitous- 

 sided rock with a flat top, which has been dubbed " Castle 

 Rock " ; it is 1,350 feet in height. 



' In spite of the persistent wind, away up the bay it is 

 possible to get some shelter, and here we take our ski exercise, 

 and find it increases in interest as we make rapid strides 

 towards maintaining our stability. Now that we are able to 

 turn, we can start from several hundred feet up the hillside 

 and come down on an incline for half a mile or more before 

 we reach the sea-ice. It is most exhilarating exercise, and 

 figure after figure can be seen flying down the hillside, all 

 struggling hard to keep their balance, but generally failing 

 at some critical turn, and coming an "awful purler" to the 

 amusement of the others.' 



On February 16 our football and general athletic ground 

 broke away, leaving only a small corner of the bay filled with 

 ice, and skiing became a still more popular amusement. 

 Some days later I find : ' The party of officers who disport 

 themselves on ski is getting more ambitious, and to-day we 

 started from a much higher place. The course started with 

 a quick slope of 120 feet in height, covered with soft snow, 

 on which a tremendous pace was acquired ; a sudden lessening 

 in the inclination shot one out on rough hard snow, which 

 not only had to be taken at the same pace, but involved a 

 double turn to left and right, then a slightly milder slope 

 slackened the pace to a sharp corner, where a turn of 120 

 had to be made before one plunged down the final slope to 

 the sea-ice. One or two of us got down safely, but it was 

 generally touch-and-go at the corners. Skelton is by far the best 

 of the officers, though possibly some of the men run him close. 



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