e thirty-four feet by eleven feet; the height,
eleven feet at the northern and six feet at the southern end. As a
break-wind a crescent-shaped wall of benzine cases was built several
yards to the south. As in the case of the veranda, it was very difficult
to make the Hangar impervious to drift; a certain quantity of snow
always made its way in, and was duly shovelled out.

Seals had suddenly become very scarce, no doubt disgusted with the
continuous winds. Every one that came ashore was shot for food.
Unfortunately, the amount of meat necessary for the dogs throughout the
winter was so great that dog-biscuits had to be used to eke it out.

Only a few penguins remained by the middle of March. They were all young
ones, waiting for the completion of their second moult before taking to
the sea. The old feathers hung in untidy tufts, and the birds were often
in a wretched plight owing to the wind and drift-snow. Many were added
to the bleaching carcases which fill the crevices or lie in heaps
on ancient rookeries among the rocky ridges. None were free from the
encumbrance of hard cakes of snow which often covered their eyes or
dangled in pendent icicles from their bodies. The result was very
ludicrous.

Hurley obtained some excellent photographs of the seals and penguins, as
of all other subjects. So good were they that most of us withdrew
from competition. His enthusiasm and resourcefulness knew no bounds.
Occasional days, during which cameras that had been maltreated by the
wind were patched up, were now looked upon as inevitable. One day, when
Webb and Hurley were both holding on to the cinematograph camera, they
were blown away, with sundry damages all around. It was later in
the year when Hurley with his whole-plate camera broke through the
sea-ice--a sad affair for the camera.

The good conditions on the 15th lasted only a few hours, and back came
the enemy as bad as ever. On the 18th the wind was only thirty miles per
hour, giving us an opportunity of continuing the buildings outside.
It was only by making the most of every odd hour when the weather was
tolerable that our outdoor enterprises made any headway. Sometimes when
it was too windy for building we were able to improve our knowledge of
the neighbourhood.

A glance at Stillwell's map is instruct*e as to the extent and character
of the rocky area. It is devoid of any forms of vegetation sufficiently
prominent to meet the casual eye. Soil is lacking, for all