No land could be seen from the mast- head, and I decided that Morell Land must be added to the long list of Antarctic islands and continental coasts that on close investigation have resolved themselves into icebergs.

On clear days we could get an extended view in all directions from the mast-head, and the line of the pack was broken only by familiar bergs.

About one hundred bergs were in view on a fine day, and they seemed practically the same as when they started their drift with us nearly seven months earlier.

The scientists wished to inspect some of the neighbouring bergs at close quarters, but sledge travelling outside the well-trodden area immediately around the ship proved difficult and occasionally dangerous.

On August 20, for example, Worsley, Hurley, and Greenstreet started off for the Rampart Berg and got on to a lead of young ice that undulated perilously beneath their feet.