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food at each meal, but we get hungrier in spite of it. 
Bowers is splendid, full of energy and bustle all the time. 
I hope we arc not going to have trouble with ice-falls. 
Monday, February 5. — R. 19. Lunch, 8320 ft., Temp. 
-17 0 ; Supper, 8120 ft., Temp. -17*2°. A good fore- 
noon, few crevasses ; we covered 10*2 miles. In the 
afternoon wc soon got into difficulties. We saw the land 
very clearly, but the difficulty is to get at it. An hour 
after starting we came on huge pressures and great street 
crevasses partly open. Wc had to steer more and more to 
the west, so that our course was very erratic. Late in 
the march we turned more to the north and again encoun- 
tered open crevasses across our track. It is very difficult 
manoeuvring amongst these and I should not like to do it 
without ski. 
We are camped in a very disturbed region, but the wind 
has fallen very light here, and our camp is comfortable 
for the first time for many weeks. Wc may be anything 
from 25 to 30 miles from our depot, but I wish to goodness 
wc could sec a way through the disturbances ahead. Our 
faces arc much cut up by all the winds wc have had, mine 
least of all ; the others tell mc they feel their noses more 
going with than against wind. Evans' nose is almost as 
bad as his fingers. He is a good deal crocked up. 
Tuesday, February 6. — Lunch 7900 ; Supper 7210. 
Temp. -15 0 . We've had a horrid day and not covered 
good mileage. On turning out found sky overcast ; a 
beastly position amidst crevasses. Luckily it cleared 
just before we started. We went straight for Mt. Darwin, 
but in half an hour found ourselves amongst huge open 
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