19"] THE SPRING WESTERN JOURNEY 409 
Wc have had a fine week, but the temperature remains 
low in the twenties, and to-day has dropped to-35 0 . 
I shouldn't wonder if we get a cold snap. 
Sunday y October [. — Returned on Thursday from a 
remarkably pleasant and instructive little spring journey, 
after an absence of thirteen days from September 15. 
We covered 152 geographical miles by slcdgemeter (175 
statute miles) in 10 marching days. It took us z\ days 
to reach Butter Point (28i miles gcog.), carrying a part 
of the Western Party stores which brought our load to 
1 80 lbs. a man. Everything very comfortable ; double tent 
great asset. The 16th : a most glorious day till 4 p.m., 
then cold southerly wind. We captured many frostbites. 
Surface only fairly good ; a good many heaps of loose 
snow which brought sledge up standing. There seems 
a good deal more snow this side of the Strait ; query, less 
wind. 
Bowers insists on doing all camp work ; he is a positive 
wonder. I never met such a sledge traveller. 
The sastrugi all across the strait have been across, the 
main S. by E. and the other E.S.E., but these are a great 
study here ; the hard snow is striated with long wavy 
lines crossed with lighter wavy lines. It gives a sort of 
herringbone effect. 
After depositing this extra load wc proceeded up 
the Ferrar Glacier; curious low ice foot on left, no tide 
crack, sea ice very 1 thinly covered with snow. We are 
getting delightfully fit. Bowers treasure all round, Evans 
much the same. Simpson learning fast. Find the camp 
