ice still runs from near cl[illegible]s ett mooring to point a mile east of Cape Dudley Digges. Men were out and saw some seals in the open water. They shot three, but could not re- trive them - Useless slaughter! 15 March. Wednesday. Another blizzard from the south- east has raged today, with the air so full of gale driven snow that one could not see 100 feet in any direction at times. Began last night but not bad till after 10 a.m. Temp. min + 0°; 9a.+13°; 12m +22°; 4h.+28° On board all day and managed to get into about 4 hours of Martingue work. Conditions are extremely unfavorable for doing any work like that.