The quarters were cramped but gave full protection from the weather, and we regarded our little cabin with a great deal of satisfaction.

Abundant meals of sea-elephant steak and liver increased our contentment.

McNeish reported during the day that he had seen rats feeding on the scraps, but this interesting statement was not verified.
One would not expect to find rats at such a spot, but there was a bare possibility that they had landed from a wreck and managed to survive the very rigorous conditions.
A fresh west-south-westerly breeze was blowing on the following morning (Wednesday, May 17), with misty squalls, sleet, and rain.

I took Worsley with me on a pioneer journey to the west with the object of examining the country to be traversed at the beginning of the overland journey.

We went round the seaward end of the snouted glacier, and after tramping about a mile over stony ground and snow- coated debris, we crossed some big ridges of scree and moraines.