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ber 1, Stevens having stayed at the base. A blizzard delayed 
the start southward, and the party did not get away until 
November 5. The men pulled in harness with the four dogs, 
and, as the surface was soft and the loads on the two sledges 
were heavy, the advance was slow. The party covered 5 miles 
700 yards on the 6th, 4 miles 300 yards on the 7th, and 8 miles 
1800 yards on the 9th, with the aid of a light northerly wind. 
They passed on the 9th a huge bergstrom, with a drop of about 
70 feet from the flat surface of the Barrier. Joyce thought 
that a big crevasse had caved in. " We took some photo- 
graphs," wrote Joyce. " It is a really extraordinary fall-in of 
ice, with cliffs of blue ice about 70 feet high, and heavily 
crevassed, with overhangmg snow-curtains. One could easily 
walk over the edge coming from the north in thick weather." 
Another bergstrom, with crevassed ice around it, was encoun- 
tered on the 11th. Joyce reached the Bluff depot on the even- 
ing of the 14th and found that he could leave 624 lb. of 
provisions. Mackintosh had been there several days earlier 
and had left 188 lb. of stores. 
Joyce made Hut Point again on November 20 after an 
adventurous day. The surface was good in the morning and 
he pushed forward rapidly. About 10.30 a.m. the party en- 
countered heavy pressure-ice with crevasses, and had many 
narrow escapes. " After lunch we came on four crevasses 
quite suddenly. Jack fell through. We could not alter course, 
or else we should have been steering among them, so galloped 
right across. We were going so fast that the dogs that went 
through were jerked out. It came on very thick at 2 p.m. 
Every bit of land was obscured, and it was hard to steer. 
Decided to make for Hut Point, and arrived at 6.30 p.m., after 
doing twenty-two miles, a very good performance. I had a bad 
attack of snow-blindness and had to use cocaine. Hayward 
also had a bad time, I was laid up and had to keep my eyes 
bandaged for three days. Hayward, too." The two men were 
about again on November 24, and the party started south on its 
third journey to the Bluff on the 25th. Mackintosh was some 
distance ahead, but the two parties met on the 28th and had 
some discussion as to plans. Mackintosh was proceeding to the 
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