'Snow wave' is not completely descriptive, as the sastrugus has often a fantastic shape unlike the ordinary conception of a wave.
_Skua_.

A large gull.
_Working_ _crack_.

An open crack which leaves the ice free to move with the movement of the water beneath.
NOTE.
Passages enclosed in inverted commas are taken from home letters of Captain Scott.
A number following a word in the text refers to a corresponding note in the Appendix to this volume.
SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION CHAPTER I Through Stormy Seas The Final Preparations in New Zealand The first three weeks of November have gone with such a rush that I have neglected my diary and can only patch it up from memory.
The dates seem unimportant, but throughout the period the officers and men of the ship have been unremittingly busy.
On arrival the ship was cleared of all the shore party stores, including huts, sledges, &c.

Within five days she was in dock.

Bowers attacked the ship's stores, surveyed, relisted, and restowed them, saving very much space by unstowing numerous cases and stowing the contents in the lazarette.