i 9 ii] A FOURTH BLIZZARD 4^5 
came up with us as we camped last night and the man- 
haulers arrived this morning as we finished the pony 
wall. So we are all together again. The latter had great 
difficulty in following our tracks, and say they could 
not have steered a course without them. It is utterly 
impossible to push ahead in this weather, and one is at 
a complete loss to account for it. The barometer rose 
from 29-4 to 29*9 last night, a phenomenal rise. Evidently 
there is very great disturbance of atmospheric conditions. 
Well, one must stick it out, that is all, and hope for better 
things, but it makes me feel a little bitter to contrast such 
weather with that experienced by our predecessors. 
Camp 30.— The wind fell in the forenoon, at 12.30 the 
sky began to clear, by 1 the sun shone, by 2 p.m. we 
were away, and by 8 p.m. camped here with 13 miles 
to the good. The land was quite clear throughout the 
march and the features easily recognised. There are 
several uncharted glaciers of large dimensions, a confluence 
of three under Mount Reid. The mountains arc rounded 
in outline, very massive, with small excrescent peaks and 
undeveloped 1 cwms ' (T. + 18 0 ). The cwms are very fine 
in the lower foot-hills and the glaciers have carved deep 
channels between walls at very high angles ; one or two 
peaks on the foot-hills stand bare and almost perpendi- 
cular, probably granite ; we should know later. Ahead 
of us is the ice-rounded, boulder-strewn Mount Hope and 
the gateway to the Glacier. We should reach it easily 
enough on to-morrow's march if we can compass 12 miles. 
The ponies marched splendidly to-day, crossing the deep 
snow in the undulations without difficulty. They must be 
