The different kinds of gyrophora are termed indiscriminately by the voyagers tripe de roche.) On the 18th the atmosphere was hazy but the day was more pleasant for walking than usual.

The country was level and gravelly and the snow very deep.

We went for a short time along a deeply-beaten road made by the reindeer which turned suddenly off to the south-west, a direction so wide of our course that we could not venture upon following it.

All the small lakes were frozen and we marched across those which lay in our track.

We supped off the tripe de roche which had been gathered during our halts in the course of the march.