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SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION 
[April 
Bay — several off Pram Point in the shelter of Horse Shoe 
Bay. A great many fish in sea ice — mostly small, but a 
second species 5 or 6 inches long : imagine they are 
chased by seals and caught in brashy ice where they arc 
unable to escape. Came back over hill : glorious sunset, 
brilliant crimson clouds in west. 
Returned to find wind dropping, the first time for three 
days. It turned to north in the evening. Splendid aurora 
in the night ; a bright band of light from S.S.W. to E.N.E. 
passing within 10° of the zenith with two waving spirals 
at the summit. This morning sea to north covered with ice. 
Min. temp, for night -5°, but I think most of the ice was 
brought in by the wind. Things look more hopeful. Ice 
now continuous to Cape Evans, but very thin as far as 
Glacier Tongue ; three or four days of calm or light winds 
should make everything firm. 
Wednesday, April 5, a.m. — The east wind has 
continued with a short break on Sunday for five days, 
increasing in violence and gradually becoming colder 
and more charged with snow until yesterday, when we 
had a thick overcast day with falling and driving snow 
and temperature down to - n°. 
Went beyond Castle Rock on Sunday and Monday 
mornings with Griffith Taylor. 
Think the wind fairly local and that the Strait has 
frozen over to the north, as streams of drift snow and ice 
crystals (off the cliffs) were building up the ice sheet towards 
the wind. Monday we could see the approaching white sheet 
— yesterday it was visibly closer to land, though the wind 
had not decreased. Walking was little pleasure on either 
