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have been unable to keep the passage to the stone hut 
clear. 
In the vicinity of Robertson Bay the nature of the 
land, with its great elevations reaching far above 
12,000 ft. in height, sometimes at an angle of about 
50°, and crossed by innumerable crevasses, made our 
expeditions on the coast-line both arduous and risky. 
Savio and myself worked hard in the neighbourhood 
of Mount Sabine for more than seven weeks. Our 
main camp was at the time the stone hut. By 
burning blubber we managed to keep the temperature 
near freezing point, but at night it varied generally 
inside the hut between — 35 and — 45. During the 
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CRESCENT BAY, DUKE OF YORK ISLAND. 
time we were settled here communication with Camp 
Ridley was continually kept up, and stores brought 
from there to form a depót at Duke of York Island. 
