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about four miles from shore. Mr. McGaiy and I ascended the latter 
in company -with you. It is now situated about four miles from Coffee 
Gorge, and two miles from shore. 
This afternoon we encountered the chain of icebergs which extends 
without interruption from the north point of Bedevilled Beach to 
first cape beyond Chimney Bock, or perhaps even farther north. Thc*e 
icebergs, which are very numerous, are generally long and flat, and 
situated close together. We crossed this chain from S.S.E. to N.N.W., 
and north from the north headland of Bcnsselaer Bay, its mean breadth 
being about three miles. These icebergs run parallel to the land 
except where bays are formed, in which case they stretch directly 
across from one headland to the other. Single icebergs are scattered 
on both sides of the chain to the distance of six miles. 
To-day we travelled due north only two miles and a half; but follow¬ 
ing, as we did, a very tortuous road between hummocks and icebergs, 
our walk was increased to more than five miles. The latitude of our 
camp this night was 78° 44'; and the magnetic variation to-day was 
111° S.W. 
March 21.—A thick fog this morning made it impracticable to start 
before 10.30 A.M. Wo continued our course due north, winding 
round icebergs and hummocks. At noon I ascended an iceberg about 
eighty feet in height: the horizon was still obscured by fog, but as far 
as the eye could reach I could discover no level floes. The icebergs, 
moved by wind or tide, are driven against the floes and break them; 
which appears to be the cause of the formation of hummocks. The 
snow being in many places above our knees rendered the walking very 
fatiguing. In the afternoon we found the hummocks so high that we 
were forced to divido our load and draw only half, of it over them at 
a time. By this arrangement we progressed but one mile and a half, 
although we walked more than four times that distance. At 6 p.m. 
the fog partially disappeared, when Mr. Petersen and I climbed to the 
summits of some icebergs, from whence we could see nothing but hum¬ 
mocks in every direction, though to the N.N.E. they seemed rather 
lower, and occasionally interrupted by small level floe-pieces. 
March 22.—On setting out to-day we altered our course from due 
N. to N.N.E., crossing heavy liuuimocks during the first two hours. 
At 11 A.M., the hummocks becoming less, we again changed our course 
to duo N., dragging our sledge over the deep snow which had accumu¬ 
lated in the ravines. In the afternoon we travelled over good new 
floes interspersed with hummocks, at one of which we found a seal- 
hole covered with thin ice. About 4 p.m. the fog became so thick as 
