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camera. All the party look fit and well, and their clothes 

 are not iced up. It was calm at the time: the surface looks 

 rather soft. 



Atkinson and Campbell have gone to Hut Point with 

 one dog-team, and we are all to forgather here. The ice 

 still seems good from here to Hut Point : all else open 

 water as far as can be seen. 



A steady southerly wind has been blowing here for 

 three days now. The mules should get into Hut Point 

 to-day. 



It is the happiest day for nearly a year — almost the only 

 happy one. 



