NOVEMBER 27, 1913] 
party was landed at Cape Adare at the winter 
quarters of the Southern Cross Expedition. 
therefore became the Northern 
Eastern Party. Cape Adare proved an unsatis- 
factory base, as the effort to explore the coast to 
the west proved impos- | 
sible owing to the un- 
favourable condition of 
the ice. The party was 
confined to a more de- 
tailed survey of Robert- 
son Bay. In the follow- 
ing spring the six men 
were _ transferred to 
Terra Nova Bay for a 
summer’s work in that 
district. The Terra Nova 
was unable to relieve 
them in the autumn, 
owing to the thickness of 
the pack ice. and, as they 
had been landed with 
only stores and equip- 
meat for the summer, 
they had to live through 
the winter on the re- 
sources of the country. 
Seais and penguins pro- 
vided their food and fuel; 
they dug a dwelling 
house in a snowdrift, and 
after a winter of great 
privations they sledged 
down the coast to 
McMurdo . Sound; they 
found a food cairn just in 
time, and were’ shortly 
afterwards rescued by 
the Terra’ Nova. It 
appears from Commander 
Campbell’s narrative that 
they began the winter 
with very slight hope of 
living through it, and 
their survival reflects the 
highest credit on their 
courage, resource, and 
good comradeship. 
The remaining narra- 
tives are the record of the 
ascent of Mt. Erebus by 
Mr. Priestley, of the last 
year’s life at Cape Evans 
and the search for the 
Southern Party by Dr. 
Atkinson, and of the vari- 
ous voyages of the Terra 
Nova by Commanders 
Evans and Pennell. 
The last section of the 
general sketches of the scientific work undertaken 
during the expedition, but most of these are mainly 
statements of the work undertaken, for it is of 
course too early to know the results. 
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obviously prove very important. Two of the most 
complete sections are those on the geological work 
on the: mainland west of McMurdo Sound by Mr. 
Griffith Taylor and Mr. Debenham. Mr. Taylor 
reproduces an interesting diagram by Prof. David 
3. 2.—The ramparts of Mount Erebus, From “ Scott's Last Expedition.” [(/7. H. G. Ponting. 
showing the striking resemblance in structure 
between the coast of South Victoria Land and the 
Pacific coast of Australia. The geological collec- 
tions and observations have not yet been worked 
out, but sufficient is announced to show that very 
