I9II] EXAMINING THE COAST 109 
Siren Bay the same night. On our way back we sounded 
the ice several times, finding thin ice until we reached the 
tide crack at the mouth of the bay. 
October 9 and 10. — We went north along the coast 
on ski, collecting and examining the face of the glacier, 
but we found no place where it was possible to climb up. 
The snow along the coast was very soft and deep, making 
progress difficult even on ski. We saw a good number 
of snow and Antarctic petrels circling about the cliffs 
as if they nested here. 
October 11. — The temperature when wc turned out 
was - 22*8"^ F. 
Our only chance of doing anything now was to try 
and get up on one of the glaciers, and although wc had 
seen no accessible place on our outward march, wc decided 
to follow round each bay and examine the coast closely. 
To-day we returned to Birthday Point. 
October 12. — A fine morning; I got a round of angles 
while Priestley went round the bay on ski, Wc saw a 
seal near the camp which had just given birth. 
Our noses are frostbitten and sunburnt and are a 
curious sight. They have swollen very much ; Abbott's 
is the worst, being one great blister. I had an attack 
of snow blindness in the afternoon. 
October 13. — Temperature - 1° F., weather thick, with 
snow. We pulled out after breakfast and made for 
Sphinx Rockj where we camped at 1.30, just in time, as 
it came on to blow hard, witli heavy drift. We saw 
several seals up along the side crack. 
October 14. — Weather-bound all day in the tent, 
