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12 Nov. Friday. Clear day overhead.
Lowlying fog bank came in from sea
and enveloped ship for an hour or so
after noon but did not reach more than
half way up the cliffs. Calm practically all day. Light wind on glaciers
for a short time. Went with Skblom
up northern arm of Clett glacier nearly
to upper nose of Nunatak then turned
northeastward and went on up to
lateral moraine extending along
northern side of glacier for a mile and
a half or two miles. Turns at its
western end seems to form short-
terminal moraine which is nearly
buried in snow. Decided that the
real glacier probably ends near
cline drawn from western end of
moraine southwestward to upper
end of Nunatak (which is 400 ft above
sea, see p.73) and that the snow-
[scored out] snow slope stretching from this
line to the plain is the surface of an
enormous drift. The moraine
consists of angular fragments of
gneiss. Descended the snow drift
banked up on the north side of
the moraine into the valley separating
moraine continues in detached ridges well
up eastward to the ice cap.