Male, 1960 Journal. base by 4 P.M. Drove doubling over as we arrived & the wind began picking up. By late evening the wattle was threatening. The day however had been warm & clear & still. A beautiful day. & the country along the top of the cliffs was magnificent; this was the finest day we had yet. On the descent we tried to slide down the snow slope but it was too soft for a continuous slide & all I did was get the seat of my pants wet. Nov. 30 Cape Hallett, Antarctica. Wrote up skerry notes of last 2 days & also petrel notes from yesterday. Finished cleaning young seal skin & salted it. Bought in 2 seal skins & salted that also. Made round of survey between 5-6:45. Finished upskin after supper. Day was overcast & warm. Snow falling gently in morning, large puffy flakes. Wind came up in afternoon. Is now blowing a sharp breeze & rising. Dec. 1 Cape Hallett, Antarctica. Stellar a gale all day. When I get up at 8:30 the wind was blowing about 30 mph with quicker squalls into the 40s. It continued this way until late in the evening with occasional lulls.