16 November 10, got up at 730 AM too late for breakfast Sky very clear practically no wind Read book on New Zealand history before lunch Started biography of Wilkes an afternoon visit with Prof Wohlschlag in evening, going to bed about 10 PM. Nov 11, Up at 2 AM nice spring morning no wind Temperature about 15° F but seems warmer Finished biography of Wilkes, skimmed book on Quaternary Era. Jump up to 25° F at supper time Nov 12, Up at 6 AM sky slightly overcast moderate cold wind. Finished letter to Bertha yesterday. Stayed in most of the day and read. Chapel at 10 45' filled to overflowing but it is a small quonset; interior simple but in very good taste, good library of general literature in entry way. Nov 13 Up at 6 AM moderate wind, nearly clear & spent day skimming and reading geology & oceanography. Saw Com- mander King of Weather Station about maps & isotherms in afternoon Rolf Forster The ship after supper, bed at 9 PM Nov 14. Up at 6 AM Cloudy except horizon in north can still see mountains across the Sound Occasionally a peak illuminated through a hole in the clouds Camp apparently getting ready for spring thaw, ice being chipped away from entries & platforms repaired. Snow rapidly disappearing from Hut Point, Cone