ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE AND RESEARCH 



streams crossing the glacier in this fashion, with 

 water three inches below the surface. This diagonal 

 direction is probably due to the aspect of the midday 

 sun, which eats back the ''alcoves" dissected in the ice 

 and ultimately produces a north-south channel. 



Above the four small drainage streams, the surface 

 degenerated. During the first mile we traversed three 

 well-marked undulations, which were nearly abreast of 

 the Overflow Glacier on the south side of the Ferrar. 

 About one mile higher up was a relatively deep snow- 

 covered valley crossing the glacier. On both sides were 

 numerous crevasses, but the widest was less than three 

 feet across. Most of them had definite snow bridges 

 across. At our second halt we found a dead seal. 



The slope higher up was not steep, only 3° as 

 measured roughly with my Brunton level, and the 

 crevasses were insignificant. The lateral moraine be- 

 came more prominent on the lower slopes as we 

 ascended the glacier. Five miles above the Overflow 

 the clear ice began to show through the snow cover. 



At 9:00 P.M. we reached the main moraine on the 

 south side of the glacier between Descent Pass and 

 Cathedral Rocks. Here we made a depot, and pro- 

 ceeded west to reach the Taylor Glacier. The chief 

 features hereabout were the beautiful tessellations on 

 the north side of the Ferrar. These products of soli- 

 fluction indicated that a heavy moraine covered the 

 base of the northern cliffs. (See Figure 8.) 



We then had a stiff pull up the glacier, about 5"^ 

 for a mile. The glacier ice was split into rough rec- 

 tangles by cracks, which, however, did not hinder our 



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