Antartica field notes, v1468
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Mabel 1960 Journal Nov.29 Cape Hallett, Antarctica. Today we made what may be the last trip to the petroley. We were all up about 7 + after the usual [illegible] were started by 9 A.M. The trip over was uneventful, the ice is still good through the road through the rough ice leading to the air strip so holly melted in place. One stretch was covered in 2 feet of water + I detoured around that rather than tried the ice underneath. Colin & Brian were dropped at Prior's Plateau which they wished to ascend for soil samples. Don Dangles and I drove to the N. end of the cliffs. We were to climb them there + meet the other 2 somewhere along the top. The climb the time was quite easy, we used campore and circled back up the snow field where the slope was easier. We spent a couple of hours scrambling our way along the top of the cliffs- looking for petrels + finally meet Colin & Brian at the highest point of the cliffs. All of us then descended the back side of the cliffs to the sheney in the moraine where we ate our lunch. We left here about 3:15+ arrived at the