454 SCOTrS LAST EXPEDITION [November 
still strong. I fear wc shall not be able to go on to-night. 
Christopher gave great trouble again last night — the four 
men had great difficulty in getting him into his sledge ; 
this is a nuisance which I fear must be endured for some 
time to come. 
The temperature, - 5 0 , is lower than I like in a blizzard. 
It feels chilly in the tent, but the ponies don't seem to 
mind the wind much. 
The incidence of this blizzard had certain characters 
worthy of note : — 
Before we started from Corner Camp there was a 
heavy collection of cloud about Cape Crozier and Mount 
Terror, and a black line of stratus low on the western 
slopes of Erebus. With us the sun was shining and it was 
particularly warm and pleasant. Shortly after wc started 
mist formed about us, waxing and waning in density ; 
a slight southerly breeze sprang up, cumulo-stratus cloud 
formed overhead with a rather windy appearance (radial 
E. and W.). i.,. f f 
At the first halt (5 miles S.) Atkinson called my atten- 
tion to a curious phenomenon. Across the face of the 
low sun the strata of mist could be seen rising rapidly, 
lines of shadow appearing to be travelling upwards against 
the light. Presumably this was sun-warmed air. The 
accumulation of this gradually overspread the sky with 
a layer of stratus, which, however, never seemed to be 
very dense ; the position of the sun could always be 
seen. Two or three hours later the wind steadily increased 
in force, with the usual gusty characteristic. A noticeable 
fact was that the sky was clear and blue above the southern 
