"We found two ancient cairns for too old to have been erected by Dr. Hayes. April 26, 1917. Eleven and five quarter- hours to Yerby. Have often done it in nine. At Cape Hendrick open water compelled us to take to a bad ice foot, narrow and sloping forward the sea; where a slight mistake in judgment might have been fatal. On south side of Cape Alexander Glacier we travelled again on the ice foot for about two miles when we dropped sledges and dogs down to sea ice for a distance of four seven feet. Within a few minutes- we were on thin ice and two sledges partly in. Following a lead west well off shore we discovered a very narrow strip of thin ice but too wide for the dogs to jump. We therefore cut out of the