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           InthemorningIhadathree-corneredwirelesstalkwithLakeandCaptainDouglasattheirwidelyseparatedbases. ItwasagreedthatoneofLake’splaneswouldcometomybaseforPabodie,thefivemen,andmyself,aswellasforallthefuelitcouldcarry. Therestofthefuelquestion,dependingonourdecisionaboutaneasterlytrip,couldwaitforafewdays,sinceLakehadenoughforimmediatecampheatandborings. Eventuallytheoldsouthernbaseoughttoberestocked,butifwepostponedtheeasterlytripwewouldnotuseittillthenextsummer,and,meanwhile,LakemustsendaplanetoexploreadirectroutebetweenhisnewmountainsandMcMurdoSound. 

           PabodieandIpreparedtocloseourbaseforashortorlongperiod,asthecasemightbe. IfwewinteredintheantarcticwewouldprobablyflystraightfromLake’sbasetotheArkhamwithoutreturningtothisspot. Someofourconicaltentshadalreadybeenreinforcedbyblocksofhardsnow,andnowwedecidedtocompletethejobofmakingapermanentvillage. Owingtoaveryliberaltentsupply,Lakehadwithhimallthathisbasewouldneed,evenafterourarrival. IwirelessedthatPabodieandIwouldbereadyforthenorthwestwardmoveafteroneday’sworkandonenight’srest. 

           Ourlabors,however,werenotverysteadyafter4P.M.,foraboutthattimeLakebegansendinginthemostextraordinaryandexcitedmessages. Hisworkingdayhadstartedunpropitiously,sinceanaeroplanesurveyofthenearly-exposedrocksurfacesshowedanentireabsenceofthoseArchaeanandprimordialstrataforwhichhewaslooking,andwhichformedsogreatapartofthecolossalpeaksthatloomedupatatantalizingdistancefromthecamp. MostoftherocksglimpsedwereapparentlyJurassicandComanchiansandstonesandPermianandTriassicschists,withnowandthenaglossyblackoutcroppingsuggestingahardandslatycoal. 

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