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depended on round the Drygalski. It runs out so far into 
the Ross Sea, and even in winter I believe there is a lot of 
movement far out. 
On the other hand, Professor David speaks of the 
Drygalski ice tongue as a bad place to cross owing to 
rough ice, barrancas, and crevasses. I think that unless 
the sea ice looks very good I shall choose the ice 
tongue. 
June 2. — A still, fine day, and we are able to lay in 
a good stock of sea ice, blubber, and meat from our depots. 
One of the seal meat depots being on the south side of 
the cove, about a mile away, it is only on fine days we can 
reach it now we get no daylight, 
June 7. — The wind came up again on the night of the 
2nd, and has been blowing hard ever since. Levick some 
days ago designed a new stove, which we call the ' Com- 
plex ' in opposition to our old one, the ' Simplex.' The 
reason the ' Complex ' did not catch on with the rest of 
us he put down to professional jealousy, but to-day I came 
in to find the designer using the old ' Simplex,' while a 
much battered ^ Complex ' lay outside on the drift, where 
it remained for the rest of the winter, 
June 10. — The last two days have been calm, and 
with thick snow, but to-day the old wind came back again, 
and now it is blowing a gale and the drift is smothering, 
Levick searched his medicine case for luxuries, and found 
bottles of ginger, limejuice, and citron tabloids. 
The limejuice we keep for sledging, but the two others 
we serve out from time to time. Our new hatch works 
well, and although it gets covered up, it keeps the shaft 
