The 'Aurora' anchored to thick floe-ice 100 miles north of the western base, Queen Mary Land. In this region the annual snowfall is very heavy, so that it is possible that the great thickness of floe is due to the accumulation of one year A berg with inclusions of mud and rock. Long. 10 degrees E. The 'Flying-Fox' viewed from the floe-ice below the brink of the shelf ice on which the western party wintered Summer at the boat harbour, Cape Denison An Adelie penguin on the nest defending her eggs The living-hut, nearing completion. The tents and shelter built of benzine cases used as temporary quarters are shown The completion of the hut--cheering the Union Jack as it was hoisted on the flag pole Adelie penguins at home, Cape Denison A view of the main base hut in February 1912, just prior to its completion. Within a few days of the taking of this picture the hut became so buried in packed snow that ever afterwards little beyond the roof was to be seen Weddell seals asleep on pancake ice Adelie penguin after weathering a severe blizzard. observe the lumps of ice adhering to it A Panoramic view looking south from near the hut. In the distance are the slopes of the inland ice-sheet. In the foreground is the terminal moraine. Between the rocks and the figure is a zone where rapid thawing takes place in the summer owing to the amount of dirt contained in the ice A panoramic view looking north towards the sea. In the middle of the picture is Round Lake. The hut is towards the left-hand side and the anemograph is on the hill. The men are practising ski running An evening view from Cape Denison The head of a Weddell seal A Weddell seal scratching himself. "Drat those fleas!" The meteorologist with an ice-mask Where the plateau descends to Commonwealth Bay MacCormick Skua gull on the nest with egg Chick of MacCormick Skua gull on the nest Protection--Adelie penguin and chick The lower moraine, composed of water worn boulders, Cape Denison An ice-polished surface, Cape Denison The boat harbour in March. The hut is seen dimly through light drift "Race of the Spray Smoke's Hurtling Sheet" Walking against a strong wind Picking ice for domestic purposes in a hurricane wind. Note the high angle at which Webb is leaning on the wind Leaning upon the wind; Madigan near the meteorological screen Stillwell collecting geological specimens in the wind In the blizzard; getting ice for domestic purposes from the glacier adjacent to the hut An incident in March soon after the completion of the hut: Hodgeman, the night watchman, returning from his rounds outside, pushes his way into the veranda through the rapidly accumulating drift snow Mertz in the snow tunnels on his way to the interior of the hut with a box of ice for the melters Mertz emerging from the trap-door in the roof Working in the hurricane wind, Adelie Land Getting ice for domestic purposes. Whetter picking; Madigan with the ice-box