At least 100 tons of snow were piled against the bows and port side, where the weight of the drift had forced the floe downward.
The lead ahead had opened out during the night, cracked the pack from north to south and frozen over again, adding 300 yds.

to the distance between the ship and "Khyber Pass." The breakdown gang had completed its work by lunch-time.

The gale was then decreasing and the three- days-old moon showed as a red crescent on the northern horizon.

The temperature during the blizzard had ranged from -21ｰ to -33.5ｰ Fahr.

It is usual for the temperature to rise during a blizzard, and the failure to produce any F ?n effect of this nature suggested an absence of high land for at least 200 miles to the south and south-west.