Gale from South struck us about 9 h.m. 1/73 and raged furiously outside the bay. H.E.P. calls it a "teaser, all night!" 30 June Friday. Cloudy (C4) up to 10 a.m. then scat- tering cirrus clouds till late afternoon when cirro-stratus became thick. Fine day. S.E.3 at 9a., but N.W.3-4 from 10a.on changing back to E.or S.E.late in afternoon. Some heavy westerly wind last night all night. This drove pack this way and ice is jammed outside the bay as far as one can see. Temp. min.32 1/2°; 9a.41°; 12m.35 1/2°; 4p.40°; 8p.36° Wrote letters to Ekblaw, Densell, Reeds. Walked on bay ice and shore last gigloo for more than an hour before dinner. Some of the holes in the ice seem to be getting larger and deeper though I have none over 4 feet in depth (3'9" water) except one a month ago which penetrated the ice. Usual depths now are 2', 2'6", 3' water. Several varieties of sea weed rooted in the holes. Seal came up in pool alongside vessel - [illegible] Corned beef for dinner. We're out of lit- ttle auces and they are becoming hard to catch with the nets. Egg season is over. About 10:30 p.m. Capt. Corner and Egingsak arrived from Unnakak. Evidently rather hard walking, but Captain Corner made light of it and said that I ought to have gone over this for a time anyhow. Ekblaw's letter informs me that Moore has apparently made an arrangement with Captain Pickels for going to the States on the "Clevert". I had a hint of this plan this morning from Norman.