64 British Antarctic Expedition. 
Latitude 65° 44 о sec. 0' 390,687 
8 21? 20' 33" sec 3 030,853 
-8 24 2; 2/7 
L.D. 500 24 ду 
5 sum - 51 54 C sm 9°895,949 
1 diff. "^. qe. ag sm 0 116.322 
Lysin Sq. 19°433,911 
H. M. S. 
А па 0092 
Equation . 200. 11252505 
Mean Time 5 „= Де 20 Q5 
Gi, IML, WS o Т7 25 5995 
Long. Time "Oo 54 936 
Longitude 163° 38' 15” East. 
On January 3rd I formally impressed upon the 
scientific staff how important it would be for every 
one to work independently of former observers in 
those latitudes; especially did I try to impress the 
importance of this upon the minds of the magnetic 
observers. 
Since we entered the ice we were met by quite a 
different bird life to that we had seen in the open 
sea. Prion Vittatus followed us some distance into 
the pack, but it left us long before we came to the 
dense pack. A brown-backed bird with a white 
border at the wings, white underneath, and in body 
and back much like a Puffinus, met us at once 
when we came into the pack, and was usually seen 
as long as the ice was slack, but after the pack got 
denser, seldom appeared. We saw from time to time 
specimens of Ossz/raga Gigantea, Oceanites Oceantcus, 
as well as Daption Capensis ; some penguins (Eudyptes 
Adaliea) have also been seen. Pagodroma Nuwea, 
