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South!

CHAPTER III
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They look as though made of barley-sugar and are very slippery." The noon position on the 14th was lat.

76ー 54エ S., long.

36ー 10エ W.
The land was visible faintly to the south-east, distant about 36 miles.
A few small leads could be seen from the ship, but the ice was firm in our neighbourhood.

The drift of the 'Endurance' was still towards the north-west.
I had the boilers blown down on the 15th, and the consumption of 2 cwt.

of coal per day to keep the boilers from freezing then ceased.


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