The cliffs continued inside the cove on each side and merged into a hill which descended at a steep slope to the boulder beach.

The slope, which carried tussock- grass, was not continuous.

It eased at two points into little peaty swamp terraces dotted with frozen pools and drained by two small streams.

Our cave was a recess in the cliff on the left-hand end of the beach.

The rocky face of the cliff was undercut at this point, and the shingle thrown up by the waves formed a steep slope, which we reduced to about one in six by scraping the stones away from the inside.