It is slow work, but we retreat slowly but surely from the chance of going out on the sea ice.
We are camped about a mile south of C.Armitage.After camping I went to the east till abreast of Pram Point, finding the ice dangerously thin off C.Armitage.It is evident we must make a considerable detour to avoid danger.

The rest of the party went to the _Discovery_ hut to see what could be done towards digging it out.

The report is unfavourable, as I expected.

The drift inside has become very solid--it would take weeks of work to clear it.

A great deal of biscuit and some butter, cocoa, &c., was seen, so that we need not have any anxiety about provisions if delayed in returning to Cape Evans.
The dogs are very tired to-night.