118 British Antarctic Expedition. 
For two days we remained in ignorance of Mr. 
Fougner's and the Finn’s fate; but in the evening of 
the 25th both of them appeared on a very steep ice 
REFUGE CAMP. 
swell, which descended from the perpendicular wall 
of. Victoria Land. Ву help of a: small” axe aad 
an alpenstock they cut footholds in the ice and 
then slowly approached us. I soon discovered that 
they were in a pretty weak condition, and while 
Mr. Bernacchi started to cook some food for them, I 
began to cut steps in the steep ice-slope to meet them. 
At night we were again all safe on our little camping- 
place. However, Mr. Fougner and the Finn had 
spent two days and nights under the shelter of the 
canvas boat, and thought they had discovered a 
possible place, or the only possible place, for an 
