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ascending. Wc now began to gel among crevasses, though 
few were visible tlirough the tliick slieet of snow. Quite 
suddenly I slipped in to tlie thigh, and sounding with the 
ice axe just in front found two inches of snow over the 
crevasse and very little more behind me. I was evidently 
standing in a narrow bridge. At the same time Evans 
called out that he was over another about 15 feet beliind, 
so that for a few moments things were rather involved. 
He got back on to firmer ground and hauled me back, 
and wiien we saw the surface begin to cave in bodily we 
decided, in Evans' graphic language, to ' give it a miss.' 
Wc seemed to be in the least impossible part of the 
pass, and I could see plenty worse aliead. So I decided 
to abandon this route and continue down tlic 1^'errar to 
Butter Point and so reach the Koettlitz Glacier via the 
Piedmont Glacier. 
])uring our absence Wright had also slipped into a 
crevasse while fixing the stake nearest Cathedral Rocks. 
We inspanned after lunch and moved down the glacier 
to our old camji at the mouth of the Ferrar. 
The morning of February 13 was bright and clear. 
We could see no change in tJie sea ice filling New Harbour 
where we had crossed it a fortnight before. I tliere- 
fore headed south-east towards Butter Point. Flere we 
had an experience that might have ended our journey 
prematurely. 
We got along at a good rate for two miles, when Evans 
drew my attention to sometliing black sticking up in the 
ice just aliead. 
We had noticed an unusual creaking sound, which 
