I9II] BACK AT CAPE EVANS 71 
The edges were brilliant with pale yellow sunlight, while 
inside this was a broad band of orange yellow, and inside 
this again a narrow band of grey surrounding a large 
and vivid patch of emerald green. There was no trace 
of the violet and rose pink which characterises the 
opalescent cirrus clouds one sees later on when tlie sun 
is higher in the sky. 
On the actual hori/.on was a band of rich red with 
purple streaks of cloud on it, giving it a very unusual 
magenta colour. 
After lunch we had good moonlight and a good 
wind-swept, snow-covered surface — and though tlicre were 
more of these pressure ridges abreast oi Tent Island 
we had plenty of light to negotiate them. 
We had had no wind to-day. The temp, liad ranged 
from - 27-3'^ at Hut Point to - 31° off (Glacier Tongue. 
Off Inaccessible Island at 9.30 r.M. we were met by a 
northerly breeze of force 3, which continued until our arrival 
at Cape Evans. [I well remember when we got into the 
hut liere, and we were very keen to get in without any 
fuss. We got right up to the door before anyone saw us, 
and then I simply could not get out of my harness. 
As wc came round the Point, Pill asked us to sj-tread out 
if anyone came out of the Hut, to slxow we were all there 
— a very useful idea.] 
This was the thirty-sixth day of our absence. 
V]. A. Wilson. 
So ends the official Report of the Cape Cro/ier Parly, 
simple and reticent to tlic last. Put again the reader, 
