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nipped amongst the rushing ice-floes, and even far 
out in the bay the pack scemed to close up rapidly 
as the Southern Cross, evidently through warning 
COULMAN ISLAND, 
from the crow's nest, moved slowly out of the bay 
towards the sea. After many struggles and cold 
baths, we succeeded in reaching the vessel, and 
no time was lost in forcing south-eastward through 
the treacherous pack, which in a few hours had 
accumulated. 
Gradually we drew near Cape Washington, where 
I. was anxious to. secure a photograph O UN 
important Antarctic landmark, not the least because 
the well-known geographer and Arctic author, Mr. 
Shillinglaw, F.R.S., just before my departure from 
Hobart for the South had besought me to bring back 
a photo of this cape, which had been named by 
