NEW LAND 
is bursting down a steep slope in tremendous glaciers, bristling 
with ridges and spikes of ice and seamed by thousands of 
crevasses. Along the whole length of the coast we have seen 
no bare land or rock. Not as much as a solitary nunatak has 
appeared to reheve the surface of ice and snow. But the 
upward sweep of the ice-slopes towards the horizon and the 
ridges, terraces, and crevasses that appear as the ice approaches 
the sea tell of the hills and valleys that lie below." 
The Endurance lay under the lee of tlie stranded berg until 
7 a.m. on January 18. The gale had moderated by that time, 
and we proceeded mider sail to the south-west through a lane 
that had opened along the glacier-front. We skirted the glacier 
tin 9.30 a.m., when it ended in two bays, open to the north- 
west but sheltered by stranded bergs to the west. The coast 
beyond trended south-south-west with a gentle land-slope. 
" The pack now forces us to go west 14 miles, when we lireak 
through a long line of heavy brash mixed with arge lumps 
and ' growlers.' We do this vmder the fore-topsail only, the 
engines being stopped to protect the propeller. This takes us 
into open water, where we make S. 50° W. for 24 miles. Then 
we again encoimter pack which forces us to the north-west 
for 10 miles, when we are brought up by heavy snow-lumps, 
brash, and large, loose floes. The character of the pack 
shows change. The floes are very thick and are covered 
by deep snow. The brash between the floes is so tliick and 
heavy that we cannot push through without a great ex- 
penditure of power, and then for a short distance only. We 
therefore lie to for a while to see if the pack opens at all when 
this north-east wind ceases." 
Our position on the morning of the 19th was lat. 76° 34' S., 
long. 31° 30' W. The weather was good, but no advance could 
be made. The ice had closed around the ship dm'ing the night, 
and no water could be seen in any direction from the deck. 
A few lanes were in sight from the mast-head. We sounded 
in 312 fathoms, finding mud, sand, and pebbles. The land 
showed faintly to the east. We waited for the conditions to 
improve, and the scientists took the opportunity to dredge for 
biological and geological specimens. During the night a 
