. Scottish geographical magazine. d there was no swell, so that thenumerous packing-cases, sacks of coal, etc., could be put ashore withoutdifficulty and dragged up on the ice-foot. On the morning of January 1the weather, which had been exceptionally fine and clear, broke down,with thick mist and snow, and as the northerly wind which set in 324: SCOTTISH GEOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE. threatened to fill the bay with heavy pack, the embarkment had to begot through without the loss of a minutes time. By 5 all the storesfor the new party had been landed, and our own boxes and naturalhistory specimen
. Scottish geographical magazine. d there was no swell, so that thenumerous packing-cases, sacks of coal, etc., could be put ashore withoutdifficulty and dragged up on the ice-foot. On the morning of January 1the weather, which had been exceptionally fine and clear, broke down,with thick mist and snow, and as the northerly wind which set in 324: SCOTTISH GEOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE. threatened to fill the bay with heavy pack, the embarkment had to begot through without the loss of a minutes time. By 5 all the storesfor the new party had been landed, and our own boxes and naturalhistory specimens taken on board. The Uruguay left the bay at about 10 , during a temporary clear-ing of the weather, bound for the South Shetland Islands and GerlacheStrait, at which places dispatches from Charcots French Expeditionwere expected. At first the pack gave little trouble, and from 4 to 8 the 2iid the navigation was through open water. During the forenoonof the 3rd heavy ice was again entered, and about noon, the open sea. Hot Springs in Pendulum Cove. (Cf. chart, p. 326.)(The steam rising from the springs is seen at the left of the figure). being observed about five miles off, the ships course was changed tonorth so as to get out of the ice as quickly as possible—a measure all themore necessary as the vessel was not sufficiently strong to encounter heavypack. During the five hours we were occupied in gaining the open, wemomentarily expected the propeller and rudder to be carried of the ice met with consisted of those large blocks called growlers,so common at the edge of the pack. These had long deep tongues, whichat times projected a long way under the vessels stern. The pieces wereso close together that there was no room to manoeuvre the ship, so thatall hands were kept busy with poles and oars pushing them off the shipssides. There was fortunately no swell, and by 5 we were in openwater, much to every ones relief, as every now and then the screw andr
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