ed, and everything was accessible and immune from the
periodic blizzards.

The entrance, by the way, was a trap-door built over the tunnel and
raised well above the outside surface to prevent it being drifted over.
From below it was approached by a ladder, but the end of the tunnel was
left open, so that in fine weather we could run sledges in and out with
loads of ice. With each blizzard the entrance was completely choked, and
it gave two men a day's work to clear it out once more.

On April 16 Kennedy had a term day. A fresh breeze was blowing and the
temperature was -20 degrees F. Some of his observations had to be taken
in the open and the remainder in a tent. The series took three hours to
complete and by that time he was thoroughly chilled through, his feet
and fingers were frost-bitten and his language had grown more incisive
than usual.

Between the 10th and the 19th we made a search for penguins and
seals. Hoadley and Moyes staying behind, the rest of us with tents and
equipment journeyed along the edge of the glacier to the south, without
seeing the smallest sign of life. The edge of the shelf-ice was very
much fissured, many of the breaches giving no sign of their presence, in
consequence of which several falls were sustained. It should be remarked
that the Shackleton Shelf-Ice runs mainly in a southerly direction from
the Winter Quarters, joining the mainland at a point, afterwards named
Junction Corner. The map of Queen Mary Land illustrates this at a
glance.

From the 25th to the 29th, Kennedy, Harrisson and Jones were employed
building an igloo to be used as a magnetic observatory. On the afternoon
of the 30th, the magnetician invited every one to a tea-party in the
igloo to celebrate the opening. He had the place very nicely decorated
with flags, and after the reception and the formal inspection of
the instruments, we were served with quite a good tea. The outside
temperature was -33 degrees F. and it was not much higher inside the
igloo. As a result, no one extended his visit beyond the bounds of
politeness.

On May 1, Harrisson, Hoadley and Watson went away south towards the
land at the head of the bay, which curved round to Junction Corner, to
examine icebergs, take photographs and to search for seals. They took
the four dogs with them and, as the load was a light one--three hundred
and forty-two pounds--the dogs pulled it easily.

I went with the others to the north, hoping that we might find