72 deg.

17' S.177 deg.

9' E.Made good in 48 hours, S.19 W.190'; C.Crozier S.21 W.334'.

We are out of the pack at length and at last; one breathes again and hopes that it will be possible to carry out the main part of our programme, but the coal will need tender nursing.
Yesterday afternoon it became darkly overcast with falling snow.

The barometer fell on a very steep gradient and the wind increased to force 6 from the E.N.E.In the evening the snow fell heavily and the glass still galloped down.