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to date. At midniglit steam was again put on the engines, 
the wind and sea having died rapidly and the weather 
cleared. A sounding was taken in 1435 fathoms and course 
altered to the S.W. to close S.' Victoria Land again. 
Bruce in the afternoon watch picked up some snow- 
capped mountains, and after this more peaks and lower 
Feb. 22, land were quickly raised above the horizon, 
5^^^i64° 30' ^ large number of icebergs appeared ahead. 
^- The ship was brought up by pack at 9.P.M. 
whicli stretched between Jier and tJie shore and parallel 
to the coast, as far as could be seen. 
Though several attempts had been made, no ship 
previously had had the good fortune to get in sight of the 
coast west of North Cape, so tJie luck of the Terra Nova 
was in this season. 
This new coast-line discovered by Lieutenant Pennell 
has been christened Gates Land, after Captain L. E. G. 
Gates of the Inniskilling Dragoons. 
The land was tantalisingly covered in cloud. Nothing 
could be done till the morning, and so the night was 
spent trawling and swinging for variation. A sounding 
gave 178 fathoms. The trawl was particularly interest- 
ing and made ample amends for the delay. As soon as 
it was light enough to see, we tried to close the land as 
the pack did not look especially heavy. Clouds still 
hid all except the lower land. 
An hour and a half showed the futility of attempting 
to get through, and at 5 a.m. tlie attempt was given 
up, the ship being then 8000 yards from the end of a 
glacier tongue and in 134 fathoms of water. This tongue 
