278 British Antarctic Expedition. 
On the 13th a strong gale started with very heavy 
seas and thick snow-drift. 
The Southern Cross had now several feet of ice on 
her decks, 
bulwarks, 
and sides, 
and wec 
suffered 
severely 
from. ane 
cold. Inthe 
intervals 
between the 
thick snow- 
squalls tre- 
mendous ice- 
bergs hove 
in sight. On the r4th the gale abated somewhat. 
On the 16th we were still proceeding southwards 
with plenty of “pancake” ice around u 
that date I discovered a break in the barrier, with 
low ice towards the east. The break appeared in 
1 two conspicuous heads. They were about one 
| mile apart, opening up into a large oval basin, 
13 some four or five miles in diameter owes 
the west the barrier was about the same height 
as we had found it all the way from Mount Terror 
eastwards, but towards the south it started to fall, 
and round.to the east it was quite low, only some 
two or three feet above the sea-level, rising gently 
towards south-east until it gained the normal height 
| of the ice-sheet in the vicinity.—some seventy feet. 
ү! We entered, and reached lat. 78° 34! 5, amd long, 
FRANKLIN ISLAND. 
