Maka 1960 Journal plaster bay. Walked to shrnacy + watched for 3 hours or so. Returned to shrnacy after lunch + made a complete round which lasted until 6 PM. Salted about seal skin right after lunch. Another warm, clear, still day. Ice has now become so rotten that it is unsafe to walk out onto the bay. This in particularly true among the big bergs where one berg by turning about in the past 2 days has cleared a large open patch of water. The ice in this entire vicinity is rotten + wet looking. In other places it is safe to walk alright; the main difficulty being in getting from the shore to the main ice. Open water is now within a mile, just past the first cape where the large sea cave is located. Dec. 9 Cape Hallett, Antarctica. Relebiled Snow petals in morning Went to shrnacy + watched from 11 to 3 had a brief lunch and returned to shrnacy from 4 to 5:15 then made a partial round of the shrnacy + returned to the base. In the morning I wrote note. Day was exceptionally warm & still. In late afternoon the crater discharged into the shrnacy from