So that is good.

When we got to the Barrier-edge we found the ice-cliff on to the newly formed sea-ice not safe enough to bear us, so we had to make a detour along the Barrier-edge and, if the sea ice was not negotiable, find a way up by Castle Rock.

At 7 p.m., not having found any suitable place to descend to the sea-ice we camped.

To-night we have the Primus going and warming our frozen selves.

I hope to make Hut Point to- morrow." Mackintosh and his companions broke camp on the morning of March 25, with the thermometer recording 55ｰ of frost, and, after another futile search for a way down the ice-cliff to the sea-ice, they proceeded towards Castle Rock.