We have two or three bergs in sight.
_Saturday, December 24, Christmas Eve_ .-- 69 deg.

1' S., 178 deg.

29' W.S.22 E.29'; C.Crozier 551'.

Alas! alas! at 7 A.M.this morning we were brought up with a solid sheet of pack extending in all directions, save that from which we had come.

I must honestly own that I turned in at three thinking we had come to the end of our troubles; I had a suspicion of anxiety when I thought of the size of the floes, but I didn't for a moment suspect we should get into thick pack again behind those great sheets of open water.
All went well till four, when the white wall again appeared ahead--at five all leads ended and we entered the pack; at seven we were close up to an immense composite floe, about as big as any we've seen.