Sledge Journey in Winter. DE 
Mr. Bernacchi and Mr. Ellefsen were the last to 
bring food supplies to the depót. They had a hard 
experience on their way. When overtaken by a 
furious gale in the ice pack, they had to take refuge 
in an iceberg. The thermometer was very low, and 
the gale so strong that they were unable to creep 
against the wind on all fours, and although it was 
still winter, 
with the ice 
about four 
бт hve feet 
jek, they 
Epected 
every minute 
{© SEE it 
Preak up, 
and in the 
midst of the 
gale climbed 
Ше berg 
and camped 
in а cavity 
until light 
allowed them 
to descend. 
On one of 
our journeys 
on the glac- IN THE CENTRE OF AN ICEBERG. 
iers of Vic- 
toria Land, in the vicinity of Duke of York Island, 
Savio very nearly lost his life. Carelessly, he had 
walked on alone, out of sight, onwards on the glacier 
without a guiding rope. New snow had fallen, and I 
