Maker 1960 Journal cartes Mar.8 Cape Hallett Antarctica. Things have again taken a turn for the worst here as far as the unloading program is concerned. Yesterday the 9 they started bringing in fuel drums by helicopter. By using 2 helicopters, anyone of which carried one drum and one two, they managed to get about 300 drums ashore in one day. Rumour heard that method of unloading all the fuel scheduled to be left here - 4 years supply - is aim to get enough for two years ashore + 1000 drums, + then depart. Today things did not proceed as well. The flights were fewer, only about 200 drums or less were ashore. Flights were suspended in the middle of the day when snow began falling + visibility was reduced. Boats could still not be gotten ashore because of the swell. In late afternoon the barometer began falling + about 5 or so the wind began to blow in an hour it was once so beastly quicky, by late evening it must have been 40 knots or quets to 50 or 60 It looks as if all hopes of landing fuel