13 February 1963 ! 
The sea again today is no calmer then yesterday, and the small boat 
channel is still impassable. Our water is about gone but we are fortunate 
that the mapping crew has soma extra if we are stuck here for a feu 
more drys. Our C-rstions should lost for 2 more days, longer is 
we start to ration them. It was quite cold last night, and I froze 
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under my one blanket. The Moctobi lifted anchor early this morning and 
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disappeared around he island, perhaps to look for another landing. 
We observed pup no. 11 this morning, on the beach alone and 
snuggled against a log. But he is on the north side of the cave at 
the boat land, rndhes thus moved about mile since we sow it last 
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evening. 
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The captain end the bos’n appeared over the crest of the island 
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about 1100 today, and advised us that they hi d found enother landing 
on the other side, but that the seas were increasing over there and 
that we'd better hurry if we wanted to et off baysan. 
We hurriedly broke camp and peck d out gear, end then began the long, 
arduous chore of ’ euling it all a out a mile .cross the island, around 
the lagoon, and across a large unvegetated area on the east side. 
The added weight caused us to fall into petrel burrows continually, end 
the sun was very hot. I finally took off my s' irt and got a nice 
sun burn on my neck and shoulders. It took three tri <s to haul everything 
across the island, end it was 1630 before the 1 t boat lord of equipment 
had gotten safely back to tho ship. 
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While v.. welted for the lest tri Fred went up th beach and got the 
skull from a dead seal we had noted yesterday. He counted about 70 
