1912] THE NORDENSKIOLD ICE TONGUE 167 
Nordenskiold, causing this part of the sea to freeze over 
late in the season. 
A cold evening with slight snow. Approximate 
distance 6 miles. 
October 19, — A fme morning bat colder. We turned 
out at 3.30, and after breakfast Levick, Abbott, and 
Browning went to the seal hole while we packed and 
started the sledges. They were successful this time and 
caught the seal asleep by the hole, and soon had him cut up 
and packed on one of the sledges. At 10 wc stopped for 
lunch. The day was lovely for marching, being clear and 
cold, but the surface was vile ; no pressure, but soft sandy 
snow. We halted for a second lunch of raw seal at 3.30 p.m. 
Levick, Abbott, and Browning like it, the rest of us do 
not. We camped at 6.15, all very tired. Distance 9 miles. 
A lovely evening. 
October 20. — A lovely morning, clear, calm, and cold. 
A stiff pull over a heavy surface brought us to the foot of 
the cliff of the Nordenskiold ice tongue. The clifi here is 
about 50 feet high and very much indented. A few miles 
to the east a deep bay or inlet ran in to the southward. 
A steep snowdrift enabled us to get on the ice tongue, 
but we had to unpack the sledges and carry most of the 
gear up, after hauling the sledges up to the top with the 
Alpine rope, as it was so steep. 
We camped on the top at about 5 p.m. Priestley, 
Levick, and I then roped up and went on to see what the 
going was like for the next day. 
We found long shallow undulations, and as far as we 
could see no crevasses. We shall cross it a long way 
