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flat bottom inside, covered the boat over with the 
sail, which fitted both the boat and the sledge, and 
besides being secure against any accident, we laid 
absolutely dry. 
On November roth we had a fairly good run 
for some miles on very smooth ісе, and proceeded 
about twenty miles down the coast. Towards the 
north the continual roar of the breakers was kept 
up. At places we had only a mile of ice to travel 
on between the perpendicular walls of Victoria Land 
and the open, raging Antarctic Ocean. Large cracks 
blocked our road at places, and the boat had to be. 
EUDYPTES ADELIAE ON THEIR NESTS. 
taken from the sledge, expanded, and placed in the 
crack for the purpose of conveying dogs, sledges, 
and provisions to the other side. The average 
thickness of the ice was from two to three feet, 
