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seventy. A slip of the foot of one of us would then 
probably have sent us all into eternity, and as the 
small lumps of snow and ice, with accelerating speed 
ON THE MORAINE OF DUGDALE GLACIER. 
loosened by our feet, rushed downwards towards the 
crevasse below us, we could not but consider our 
chances in case we should go the same way. The 
worst of it would have been that we should have had 
such a long time before we arrived at our destination, 
and still had the certainty of destruction in view all 
the time while sliding speedily down. 
Not only is Duke of York Island in itself of the 
greatest interest scientifically, and also of direct 
practical importance, but its position, similar to that 
of Doubtful Island—discovered by Sir James Clark 
Ross—illustrates that there is a remarkable land 
formation which, in close vicinity of great glaciers, 
