THE LAST RELIEF 
Captain Davis took tlie ship northward on January 17. 
The ice conditions were unfavourable and pack barred the way. 
We stood over to the western coast towards Dunlop Island 
and followed it to Granite Harbour. No mark or depot of any 
kind was seen. The Aurora reached the main pack, about 
sixty miles from Cape Adare, on January 22. The ice was 
closed ahead, and Davis went south in open water to wait for 
better conditions. A north-west gale on January 28 enabled 
the ship to pass between the pack and the land oE Cape Adare, 
and we crossed the Antarctic Circle on the last day of the 
month. On February 4 Davis sent a formal report to the New 
Zealand Government by wireless, and on February 9 the Aurora 
was berthed at Wellington. We were welcomed like returned 
brothers by the New Zealand people. 
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