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EQUIPMENT 
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packing our gear on our two sledges. The total load was 
arrived at as follows : 
Ebs. 
Two sledges and steel runneis . . .171 
Food for eight weeks .... 630 
Tools, tents, <!vc 130 
Instruments, cameras, &c. . . .65 
Four personal bags .... 50 
1046 
We had heavy equipment for four men — averaging 
about 270 lbs. each — ^but as we were only proposing to 
take one sledge for a considerable portion ot the journey 
this was of little importance. 
From the coast we had a magnificent view of tJie htwer 
portion of the Ferrar Glacier. [See Illustration, p. ^20.] 
The valley was about four miles wide and extended soutJi- 
west for thirty miles. Up this we were to journey, 
ascending 3000 feet in tlie next few days. 
Everyone noticed the grand sweep of the cliffs at the 
side. The northern face for twenty miles is a marvellous 
wall-like cliff about 3000 feet high- — as straight and smooth 
as if planed by a giant carpenter. And indeed it is a 
typical glacial valley, where the lateral spurs, sucit as 
break up the continuity of an ordinary river-cvt valley, 
are entirely wanting. 
We started about 6 p.m. and pulled the sledges about 
four miles before camping for the night. 
I asked Evans to cook for the first week, as he was ex- 
perienced with the cooker and primus lamp. DebenJiam's 
reputation was such that I was sure he would master 
