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Mr. Crowell and Capt. McDonald, on a leach between the Ardley and Hides 
peninsulas. 
Shortly after we got the traps up we were recalled to the ship, the 
idea being to give Lt. Beam a chance to look over an old wreck somewhere 
in the vicinity. He did not get to go nor did we get to take off the 
shore party. They were left to their fate, so to speak. Hot withstanding, 
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they had themselves a party bonfire and.shelter building in anticipation 
of a night ashore. Only Mr. Crowell out of the entire group of 8 or 10 
had any survival gear with him - no radio - no boat. 
At low tide the party probably could have made it over on the con¬ 
necting reef to Ardley Island where there is a shelter hut, in case of 
necessity. Even so, they found a food chaohe right where they were 
stranded. It had been left behind by an earlier English survey party. 
However, no need arose to open it. Eor about supper time they were re¬ 
scued. 
The water inshore, though we could not see how it was from the ship 
at anchor, was relatively smooth and quiet compared with the sea out 
where the ship was "bouncing" up and down. All's well that ends well. 
So impressed was Capt. McDonald^ who was ashore with the survey party, 
with the "excellence" of the area, as a building, for shelter for boats, 
and the quiet water inshore, that I believe this Eildes-Ardley Peninsula 
site became his second choice site for locating the Palmer Peninsula bio¬ 
logical station. 
As this was no day for the birds and was so very late in the season, 
little can be said of the bird life of the vicinity. Tnere were seals 
