Little clouds of faint violet-
coloured mist rise from the lower and brinier portions of the pack,
which stretches unbroken to the horizon. Very great refraction all
round. A tabular berg about fifty feet high ten miles west is a good
index of the amount of refraction. On ordinary days it shows from the
mast-head, clear-cut against the sky; with much refraction, the pack
beyond at the back of it lifts up into view; to-day a broad expanse of
miles of pack is seen above it. Numerous other bergs generally seen in
silhouette are, at first sight, lost, but after a closer scrutiny they
appear as large lumps or dark masses well below the horizon. Refraction
generally results in too big an altitude when observing the sun for
position, but to-day, the horizon is thrown up so much that the altitude
is about 12? too small. No land visible for twenty miles. No animal
life observed. Lower Clark's tow-net with 566 fathoms of wire, and
hoist it up at two and a half miles an hour by walking across the
floe with the wire. Result rather meagre--jelly-fish and some fish
larvae. Exercise dogs in sledge teams. The young dogs, under Crean's
care, pull as well, though not so strongly, as the best team in the
pack. Hercules for the last fortnight or more has constituted himself
leader of the orchestra.
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