132 WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD 
removed in places by the swell until a ledge several yards 
wide is lying just submerged. 
“It has been calm all the night with the snow falling 
at intervals. | 
“February 4, 1911. I was waked at seven o’clock this — 
morning by Levick demanding the loan of my camera. It 
appears that Amundsen, Johansen and six men had arrived 
at the Fram this morning at about 6.30 a.m., and had come © 
over to interview Campbell and Pennell. Campbell, Pen- 
nell and Levick then went back to breakfast with them and 
stayed until nearly noon when they returned telling us to 
expect Amundsen, Nilsen, the first lieutenant of the Fram 
who is taking her back after landing the party, and a young 
lieutenant whose name none of us caught, to lunch. After 
lunch a party of officers and men went to see the rest of the 
Norwegians, see over the ship, and say good-bye. I did 
not go and was able to show Lieut. Jensen over the ship in 
the meantime. About three o’clock we let go the ice anchor 
and parted from the Fram, steaming along the ice very 
slowly in order to dredge from 190 to 300 fathoms. The 
haul was successful, about two bucketsful of the muddy 
bottom being secured, and a still more valuable catch from 
the biological point of view were two long crinoids, about 
a couple of feet in length and in fairly perfect condition, 
which had become attached to the outside of the net. 
‘““We are now standing along the Barrier continuing 
our survey to the bight we first struck, after which we sail 
to Cape Evans, stay a day there and then make up North to 
try and effect a lodgment on the coast beyond Cape Adare. 
‘During the morning Browning and I examined the 
ice-face forming the eastern face of the bight. We found 
it to be made of clear ice of grain from a quarter to three- 
eighths of an inch in size and full of bubbles. 
“On the way there I took a couple of photographs of 
some of Amundsen’s dogs, and when we were there I got 
a few of crevasses and caves in the Barrier face. 
“Well! we have left the Norwegians and our thoughts 
are full, too full, of them at present. The impression they 
have left with me is that of a set of men of distinctive per- 
