28o sc:r)'i"j"s ],AS'r I'.xpKDn'ioN fiKi'..M,Awv 
Nf'xf irioiiiin;^ I wrolf a lonj^ letter lo l*< niicll vvliitli 
wc all .',ijMH(|. We made a dcpoi on tlic lii^dics? pfiiiil 
<)l 1 lie f ape, and fixed a fla;^ a lf)l))^■iId(■ wil li I lie Irl icr in a 
III I Ic 1 in nial< li l)ox. 'I la- )oui nal foi Ca plain vSf (tl 1 I 
I'dl in llic f'tdd (aitn in my dil ty l)a|_;. I rrmorsc-lcsRl y 
vvcdfd <ail cvciy ()nc\'; \'r:\v. Wc tool-; nolliin;^ wliat 
we Klood np in, and our noirs and iIk- iiisl i iinif-nls. 
lankily nio:;! ol I )(Ih nliani's and all ( iiaiTs nc^'alivcR 
wfic Iilin:,, l)iit I liad lo leave nearly all my plates and 
my (lieii:;lied I > i ( jw ii 1 11); . I l;new we liati ^;onH■ had 
(aeva;;:;ed <(»iintry (o lrav(a:;e lliirly mile:; of lliis and 
then I expe( (ed lliiily miles ol (oasi vvoth, lai^M-ly over 
moraine and io( h, where we should have lo porta)';*' 
the sledi'c and all our ;M-ar on our l)a( l:s. 'I'his would 
hrinj', us to l)nl lei- Point, wln-ncc onr r<tule wa;; the saun- 
as in lint pre V lolls s,u m itif i. With a h'di1 sledjM' it was 
just I )ossil )le vvc luirli I he a I »le 1 o ra isc it if it sli pped 
down a ( r<' vass,e ; and I h is was (pule a prol ta I )le event, 
for 111 lrav(a;;iui^ ahtU); a pictliiioul /da( ler tin- parly 
moves Juinillrl lo llie ( revasses. One thus reac hes 
them I m per* epi il )|y , and ihe whoh' party wilh Us oullit 
may he mai( him; over a < i"<'va:;se, wh{acas in erossinj^^ 
them al liidil anides ihis is rarely the ( ase. 
We t ni iietl niir l)a( hs [iiiall)' on Cape Kolxa Is a I 
M A.M. on l''el)inary ^. Our llai; wavetl hravely, and 
below i ( was I he ea nil ol .stones ( overin^u; the h)od lei ( 
t h( re hy vSt nt Ts ord(a s. 1 1 we liad lo rel iii n it would 
give us a l)i(sit hini; space; I'ul I iievei" saw (he cape 
again. I'Or many months the flag was hdt in solitiule. 
'J1ie screw pack nevta- hioke adiilt that winter. In the 
