THE HEART OF THE ANTARCTIC 



slope, after crossing crevasses. Marshall and I each went 

 down one. We lunched at 1 p.m. and started at 2 p.m. 

 up a long ridge by the side moraine of the glacier. It 

 was heavy work, as the ice was split and presented 

 knife-like edges between the cracks, and there were 

 also some crevasses. Adams got into one. The going 

 was terribly heavy, as the sledges brought up against 

 the ice-edges every now and then, and then there was 

 a struggle to get them started again. We changed our 

 foot-gear, substituting ski-boots for the flnnesko, but 

 nevertheless had many painful falls on the treacherous 

 blue ice, cutting our hands and shins. We are all much 

 bruised. We camped on a patch of snow by the land 

 at 6 p.m. The rocks of the moraine are remarkable, 

 being of every hue and description. I cannot describe 

 them, but we will carry specimens back for the geolo- 

 gists to deal with. The main rocks of the " Cloud- 

 Maker," the mountain under which we are camped, 

 appear to be slates, reef -quartz and a very hard, dark 

 brown rock, the name of which I do not know. The 

 erratics of marble conglomerate and breccia are beauti- 

 ful, showing a great mass of wonderful colours, but 

 these rocks we cannot take away. We can only take 

 with us small specimens of the main rocks, as weight 

 is of importance to us, and from these small specimens 

 the geologists must determine the general character 

 of the land. This mountain is the one we thought 

 might be an active volcano when we saw it from the 

 mountain at the foot of the glacier, but the cloud has 

 blown away from its head to-day, and we can see defi- 

 nitely that it is not a volcano. It is a remarkable sight 

 as it towers above us with the snow clinging to its sides. 

 To-night there is a cold north wind. I climbed about 

 600 ft. up the mountain and got specimens of the main 

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