Far down in the centre of the white and crevassed plain, four specks, equidistant, were moving in a downward course.
In treading the mazes of this crevassed section I had frequently to cross bridges that were only knife-edges for twenty or thirty feet, cutting off the sharp tops and leaving them flat so that little Stickeen could follow me.
Pushing back from here, I found the surface crevassed and sunken in steps, like the Hugh Miller Glacier, as if it were being undermined by the action of tide-waters.
Two tongues of ice, however, effect a descent of the precipice where the slope is less steep, and though much crevassed and splintered by the rapid motion, they reach the bottom intact.
A very large glacier sweeps down from the névé on the north side of this lesser peak, and descends in a crevassed slope to the valley bottom.
The most inaccessible cliffs, frozen snow fields, or crevassedglaciers offer no barriers to these surefooted animals.
On the way to the depot, about thirty geographical miles south of Framheim, we had the nasty crevassed surface that had been met with for the first time on the third depot journey in the autumn of 1911 -- in the month of April.
As I understand Shackleton's account, there can be no question of hauling the ponies over the steep and crevassed glaciers.
I say fortunately, as Heaven knows what would have happened to us if we had been obliged to cross a crevassed surface in such weather as we then had.
Then they surprised me with an account of a fearfully crevassed piece of surface that they had come upon, forty-six and a half miles from the station, where they had lost two dogs.
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Crossing wide areas of badly crevassed ice and neve during a descent of nine hundred feet, we reached the sea-front about one and a half miles from the camp.
Retracing the way out of the broken ice, we steered in a south-westerly direction, just above the line of serac and crevassed ice.
During the evening the crevassed slopes of the mainland rose clear to the south, and many islets were observed near the coast, frozen in a wide expanse of bay-ice.
During the descents I sat on the sledge and we slid over long crevassed slopes in a wild fashion, almost with a languid feeling that the next one would probably swallow us up.
On the south-west horizon, perhaps twenty miles away, was a salient crest streaked by three dark vertical bars; evidently anothercrevassed area.
Only too soon we were in the midst of terribly crevassed ground, through which one could only thread a slow and zig-zag course.
There can be no question as to the value of dogs as a means of traction in the Polar regions, except when travelling continuously over very rugged country, over heavily crevassed areas, or during unusually bad weather.
We had provisions for a few days only, and there was every indication of thick, drifting weather, during which, in the crevassed ice of that vicinity, it would not be advisable to travel.
It was obvious that a descent to the frozen sea would be dangerous on account of the heavilycrevassed nature of the falling glacier, delay would undoubtedly be caused and our distance from the Hut would be increased.
It is somewhat crevassed for about two hundred yards inland, and then a flat surface stretches away as far as the eye can see.
To right and left of this oasis, as the visitor to Adelie Land must regard the welcome rock, the ice was heavily crevassed and fell sheer to the sea in cliffs, sixty to one hundred and fifty feet in height.
From the hinterland in a vast solid stream the ice flowed, with heavily crevassed downfalls near the coast.
We left the mountain on December 26, pursuing a course to the south of our outward track so as to avoid somecrevassed ridges.
I write this sitting in our tent waiting for the fog to clear, an exasperating position as we are in the worst crevassed region.
The Southern Road was the one feasible line of communication between the new station at Cape Evans and the Discovery hut, for the rugged mountains and crevassed ice-slopes of Ross Island prevented a passage by land.
The turmoil changed in character, irregular crevassed surface giving way to huge chasms, closely packed and most difficult to cross.
In an hour we had risen above the most crevassed portion of the glacier, and began to look for a way on to it.
The word crevassed hardly expresses its appearance: it was a mass of formidable seracs.
It was the 12th October when they left Chamonix, and all went well across the crevassed Glacier des Bossons, and they duly reached their night quarters.
It resembled a glacier with steep sides and snout much crevassed and all covered with black moraine.
After a slight descent it broadens out into a small and much crevassed glacier, shut in on the further side by a level snow wall, the promontory which I have mentioned above.
A remarkable feature of the accident was the thickness of the mass of snow which gave way under the three men, and demonstrates the extreme insecurity of winter snow on a crevassed glacier.
Evans and the Discovery hut at Hut Point, for the rugged mountains and crevassedice slopes of Ross Island forbade a passage by land.
I write this sitting in our tent waiting for the fog to clear--an exasperating position as we are in the worst crevassed region.
Even if landing were possible, the grimmest crevassed snow slopes lie behind to cut one off from the Barrier surface; there is no hope of shelter till we reach Cape Royds.
I had thought to have done with pressures, but to-night a crevassed slope appears on our right.
There seem to be three badly crevassed parts where the glacier is constricted and the fall is heavier.
The word crevassed hardly expresses its appearance--it was a mass of formidable seracs.
We might have to lower ourselves down steep slopes or cross crevassed glaciers.
During the next twenty-four hours the 'Endurance' moved steadily towards the crevassed berg, which doubled its altitude in that time.
Then they made a start in clearer weather and got through the crevassed area before camping at 7 p.
The drift of the pack was not constant, and during the succeeding days the crevassed berg alternately advanced and receded as the 'Endurance' moved with the floe.
Another bergstrom, with crevassed ice around it, was encountered on the 11th.
It was a big berg, and we noticed as it lay on the north-west horizon that it had a hummocky, crevassed appearance at the east end.
The full moon was shining in a practically cloudless sky, its rays reflected gloriously from the pinnacles and crevassed ice of the adjacent glaciers.
Large crevassed areas in terraces parallel with the coast showed where the ice was moving down over foot-hills.
They had decided to attempt the journey over the Barne Glacier, and after crossing a crevassed area they got to the slopes of Cape Barne and thence down to the sea-ice.
A strong drift to the westward during the night of the 18th relieved our anxiety by carrying the 'Endurance' to the lee of the crevassed berg, which passed out of our range of vision before the end of the month.
Its appearance is that of a gently undulating ice field, crevassed only toward its lower edge and remarkably clean throughout.
The cooling sight of crevassedglaciers and the exhilarating flower-scented air of alpine meadows need no longer be exclusive pleasures, to be gained only by a trip abroad.
We started over the same crevassed stuff, but soon got on to blue ice, and for two hours had a most pleasant pull, and then up a steepish rise sometimes on blue ice and sometimes on snow.
The idea of attempting the shoulder of Erebus did occur to Captain Scott, but it was so heavily crevassed as to make a journey from our side almost impossible.
First of all it was very much crevassed and pretty rotten; we were often in difficulties as to which way we should tackle it.
We went back, toggled up to our sledges again and pulled in what we thought was the right direction, always with that feeling that the earth may open underneath your feet which you have in crevassed areas.
It was not expected that this would bring us across any badly crevassed area.
This was a great relief, for the crevassed state of the lower reaches of the glacier as described by Shackleton led us to believe that the attempt was suicidal.
The Tongue was mostly hard blue ice, which is slipperiness itself, and crevassed every few yards.
It was just as well for us that the mist cleared, for the slope was not only crevassed in one direction, but it ended in a high ice-cliff.
They are waves of ice up to 20 feet in height running along parallel to each other with a valley in between each, and are only crevassed badly at the outer end as far as we have seen, though there are smaller crevasses right along.
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