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volcano. The eastern quarter of the coastline of 
Mount Terror is not ice-bound by a barrier, but 
from the south-east cape a high continuous barrier 
stretches towards E.S.E., apparently about sixty feet 
high. A very biting breeze from the south was blowing. 
From the crater of Mount Erebus a dark smoke cloud 
from time to time shot up out into the frosty air. It 
was cold—several degrees below zero—the deck and 
sides of the vessel were covered in ice. Long icicles 
hung down from the rigging. The hours on the 
bridge and in the crow's nest were trying We 
were slowly gaining some southing as we proceeded 
along the barrier. On the 12th February we were in 
78° 4'; the barrier was still unbroken, but it seemed 
CAPE BERNACCHI ON FRANKLIN ISLAND. 
now inclined to take a somewhat southerly bend. In 
the evening we must have been about 78? 10. H.R.H. 
the Duke of York's Union Jack flew from the gaff. 
