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indeed, but it moderated towards the morning. The 
new ice had not gone out, but a large sheet of open water 
was visible to the north, while along the northern horizon 
an open water sky was visible. A decided swell along 
the beach makes me certain open water is not far distant. 
September 7. — September came in with blizzards 
which prevented our getting away as early as we wished. 
Yesterday and to-day, however, we have been getting 
sledges and outfit over the bad pressure ice which lies 
to the southward of the beach. 
We are taking a 12-ft. and a lo-ft. sledge, the latter 
being on iron runners, as no wooden runners would stand 
the sharp edges of the pressure ice for long. We also 
find the iron runners, in spite of the 40 lbs. extra weight, 
run much better over the salt-flecked ice. Once over the 
pressure we packed the 12-ft. sledge and secured it on 
the lo-ft. 
Our total weight including sledges amounts to 1 163 lbs. 
The sledging ration we arc taking is based on Shackle- 
ton's ration adapted for coast sledging. 
We are convoying Levick and Browning as far as 
Warning Glacier, where the former is going to take 
photographs. 
September 22. — On this journey the surfaces were so 
bad that we only managed to reach Cape Barrow, the 
western limit of Robertson Bay, 
After our return we experienced a spell of bad weather 
until the 22nd, when it cleared, so Levick started off again 
for Warning Glacier to get the photographs he had been 
unable to take before. 
