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Maly
1960
Journal
by going up the back slope. Total distance
was close to a thousand feet I wound
say. We found some active marts
& saw a few petrels about the top.
Finally got 2 birds & on the way
down we got a second 2 more in
the same burrow. Returned to base
by 6:45 PM.
Nov.22 Cape Hallett, Antarctica.
Woke up at 10:00 or 20, wrote a few
notes in the morning & made a
round of the scenery after lunch.
Spent the evening in some carpentry
work (shelves again) and went to bed
early enough.
Radio communication is still
out, a C-124 flew over about 3 PM
and got a weather & runway report,
but had no word on a plane.
Nov.23 Cape Hallett, Antarctica:
Awakened this morning to the
announcement that a plane was 10 miles
from the station. The camp was galvanized
to action. The 8 or 9 people waiting to catch
the plane were up & packed even before
it landed. Keith twice had to get
his return. A large quantity of mail
was brought in a carton & shortly