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SOUTH-EAST ACROSS THE ICE BARRIER, NOVEMBER 10 TO DECEMBER 10, 1'J03. 





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Sun shining Going R during day, not Detached portions of Cu. and Str. appeared and disappeared during afternoon. Surface soft, with thin crust and 

 all day showing in evening occasional hard patches. Occasional patches of recently formed sastrugi, having been formed hy S and 8E winds. 



Gleam 

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 Bright 

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B ight 

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Gli-ani 

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Gleam 



Bright 

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Bright 

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Bright al! 

 day 



tirelnis and Terror 

 oliM-ured over . r rtXlU feet 

 during the afternoon 



Summit clear, E 



Obscured, E 



8 p.m. Cu. approaching from S and W. 



8 a.m. Heavy drift, no land visible. Snow soft and Hakes small and round. 



10a.m. Sun gleaming. Castle Hock and Observation Hill visible at times. 



Very line fleecy Cu. in westward. Between 4 and 8 p.m. variable airs were met. The islands and most of the western 



range have been partly obscured. Surface much the same as yesterday until 2 p.m., when it became harder 



generally, and hard icy patches frequent. 



H p.m. Very windy appearance, any little sastrugi passed indicated SE wind. 



8 a.m. Sa^trugi more pronounced ; indicate SW and S'y winds. 



10a.m. Blowing ft blizzard, unable to take observation. Heavy banks of Cu. and Nim. on mountains to W and SW. 



Hori/.on clear in E and SE. Castle Kock and Crater Hill visible most of day. 



1.30 p.m. Small portions of detached Cu. passing rapidly from S. 



8 p.m. Large [>ortiuns of scud on western mountains and to southwards. Dark and threatening in N and NW. 

 Surface much harder than yesterday and crust not so rough, nor icy patches so frequent. 



8a.m. Banks of Cu. approaching from SW. Highest peaks capped. Strong squally wind from SW, with clouds of 



surface drill. 

 10 a.m. All land obscured. Surface mostly hard, the crust covered with rough snow. Occasional soft patches where 



footprints sink 6 to it ins. 



3.30 p.m. Lovely Ci. overhead ; consecutive layers of lovely white Cu. on Mt, Erebus. 



8 p.m. Mt. Discovery visible ; Str. approaching from SE. General appearance threatening. Sastrugi SWr. Surface 

 more level, and more rough snow. 



I 8 a.m. Morning bright and promising. Terror obscured at summit. Mt. Discovery clear. Dark foggy appearance 



in SW. 

 i 10 a.m. Thin streaks of Str. approaching from S and SE. Banks of Cu. on Erebus ; summit visible. 



Noon. Detached portions of Cu. over western mountains. Screen of Str. on E and NE. Surface more uniform, snow 

 not so rough and icy patches more j>olishe<l. 1'assed several crevasses. Sounded one ; it was 16 fathoms deep and 

 1* ins. wide, covered \\ ith hard icy crystals and very thin crust. It appeared to have several smaller connections. 



Bright, NE in early part, of day 



Bright 



Bright 



Bright 



Bright, 



Gleam 

 Obscured 

 Obscured 



8 p.m. Sheet of Str. approaching from S and SW. Sastrugi much the same and lie SW. Fine wavy Str. over western 



mountains. 



>- a.m. llti/y appearance all round. 



2 p.m. Sir. en hori/,on in E and on Erebus and Terror. Mt, Terror capped bv detached Cu. resembling smoke. 

 Bel \\een 2 and :i p.m. sky became overcast \\ith Str. from E and N, low horizon clear nil round. In afternoon sastrugi 

 became larger and more frequent and surface crust much harder and more polished. 



8 p.m. All high land obscured. Fine hard crystals falling. Clear on low horizon, 



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