wind on ice cap sends an (17 occasional keen gust against the ship. Temp. min -11°; 9a +2°; noon -5° Night was windy and the wind had the full force of a gale pm 2 to 3 this morning, dying down afterward. Dr. Hunt's dinner yesterday gave him trouble last night, so he turned in again after break- fost and I walked out alone. Went over to front of Concor gla- cier, encountering some gusts of keen wind on the way. Inter- ested in observing the process of polish- ing the vertical ice face by the wind- driven particles of icy snow. Concave slope of snow drift at base of ice and moraine is like the