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PLATE LXX VIII. WINTER-QUARTERS. 



FIG. 1 (Map B). From a photograph by E. H. SHACKLKTON (SI). 183, j-plate) ; 

 looking N.-E. from off Cape Armitage. 



FIG. 2. From a photograph by R. W. SKELTON (Sk. 104, - plate) ; taken in the 

 early spring, September, before the removal of the ship's winter awning. 



Figure 1 gives a very fair idea of the brilliance of moonlight in the Antarctic 

 winter. Such photographs may readily be taken with sufficient exposure, and the 

 results are often excellent. This picture represents the thermometer screen which 

 was placed 1 miles to the S. of the ship, as near the open Barrier as was feasible. 

 The readings taken daily by Dr Koettlitz were almost constantly 10 to 15 F. lower 

 than those taken at the screen in Winter-quarters Bay. 



In this picture from left to right appear Observation Hill, Crater Hill, and 

 Mount Erebus in the distance. 



Figure 2 gives a view of the extent of snow-drift about the ship. The picture 

 is taken looking to the S.-W. from close inshore. 



