With a telescope we could see the string of ponies steadily progressing over the sea ice past the Razor Back Islands.

As soon as we saw them well advanced we steamed on to the Glacier Tongue.

The open water extended just round the corner and the ship made fast in the narrow angle made by the sea ice with the glacier, her port side flush with the surface of the latter.

I walked over to meet the ponies whilst Campbell went to investigate a broad crack in the sea ice on the Southern Road.

The ponies were got on to the Tongue without much difficulty, then across the glacier, and picketed on the sea ice close to the ship.