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easier. We had to pull the sledge across the 
peninsula with ropes to the place where we used to 
ascend to the top of the cape. It was a sad and 
hard task to bring our dead comrade to his last 
AT HANSON’S GRAVE. 
resting-place. On arriving at the grave side I read 
a short funeral service ; then we lowered him down, 
covered him over, and departed. 
Penguins continued to arrive on the peninsula 
in great numbers, and we looked forward eagerly 
to the time when we might expect to get eggs. I 
continued during the remainder of October to send 
out expeditions in the vicinity of Robertson Bay, 
with satisfactory results. 
On the 27th a gale started which lasted for five days. 
The ice-pack seemed to begin to slacken at this date. 
On October 28th Dr. Klovstad tested our sights 
