Chapter XI

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From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

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From this reading It was 8.30 P.M. when we set forth, all three in far from hopeful humour.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

later than; following

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

the part of the day between noon and evening

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

the month following July and preceding September

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

installation from which a military force initiates operations

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

eat an early morning meal

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

third-person singular of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Last year hidden crevasses were troublesome hereabouts, but there was no such danger now.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form

From this reading Crevasses were either open or covered with firm roofs of frozen snow.

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From this reading Last year hidden crevasses were troublesome hereabouts, but there was no such danger now.

traveling across

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury

From this reading Last year hidden crevasses were troublesome hereabouts, but there was no such danger now.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

recognizable; marked

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

one or the other of two

From this reading Crevasses were either open or covered with firm roofs of frozen snow.

plural of “event” — something that happens at a given place and time

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

to a considerable degree; very much

From this reading It was 8.30 P.M. when we set forth, all three in far from hopeful humour.

marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable

From this reading Crevasses were either open or covered with firm roofs of frozen snow.

the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading It was 8.30 P.M. when we set forth, all three in far from hopeful humour.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading It was 8.30 P.M. when we set forth, all three in far from hopeful humour.

turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold

From this reading Crevasses were either open or covered with firm roofs of frozen snow.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

a slowly moving mass of ice

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

the act of departing

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

the solid part of the earth's surface

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

in this general vicinity

From this reading Last year hidden crevasses were troublesome hereabouts, but there was no such danger now.

not accessible to view

From this reading Last year hidden crevasses were troublesome hereabouts, but there was no such danger now.

having or manifesting hope

From this reading It was 8.30 P.M. when we set forth, all three in far from hopeful humour.

a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

From this reading It was 8.30 P.M. when we set forth, all three in far from hopeful humour.

water frozen in the solid state

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

plural of “instrument” — a device that requires skill for proper use

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was 8.30 P.M. when we set forth, all three in far from hopeful humour.

small pearl-grey gull of northern regions; nests on cliffs and has a rudimentary hind toe

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

immediately past

From this reading Last year hidden crevasses were troublesome hereabouts, but there was no such danger now.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

filled with a great quantity

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

From this reading It was 8.30 P.M. when we set forth, all three in far from hopeful humour.

engage in

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

attach to a support

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

not any; not one

From this reading Last year hidden crevasses were troublesome hereabouts, but there was no such danger now.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading Last year hidden crevasses were troublesome hereabouts, but there was no such danger now.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

To move from a closed position.

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Crevasses were either open or covered with firm roofs of frozen snow.

used when we are both doing the action and receiving it

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

above and across; more than

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms

From this reading It was 8.30 P.M. when we set forth, all three in far from hopeful humour.

(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

by chance

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

a light shade of red

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

just preceding something else in time or order

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

a stock or supply of foods

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

the act of physically reaching or thrusting out

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

past form of “retrace” — to go back over again

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

precisely, exactly

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

plural of “roof” — a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building

From this reading Crevasses were either open or covered with firm roofs of frozen snow.

destroyed physically or morally

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading It was 8.30 P.M. when we set forth, all three in far from hopeful humour.

a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals

From this reading Crevasses were either open or covered with firm roofs of frozen snow.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

a flight of stairs or a flight of steps

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading Last year hidden crevasses were troublesome hereabouts, but there was no such danger now.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

from that place or that time

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

in or at that place or location

From this reading Last year hidden crevasses were troublesome hereabouts, but there was no such danger now.

any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading It was 8.30 P.M. when we set forth, all three in far from hopeful humour.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

causing difficulty or annoyance

From this reading Last year hidden crevasses were troublesome hereabouts, but there was no such danger now.

-ing form of “undulate” — stir up (water) so as to form ripples

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading It was 8.30 P.M. when we set forth, all three in far from hopeful humour.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Last year hidden crevasses were troublesome hereabouts, but there was no such danger now.

at the time that

From this reading It was 8.30 P.M. when we set forth, all three in far from hopeful humour.

in or at the place that

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading We retraced the steps of the previous day, passing the ruined cookery, and going over undulating ground and up the right bank of Goose Glacier, then crossing the foot of a small side glacier, which brings down a moraine of grey marble streaked with pink, and so reaching the open ice where Garwood’s cairn came into view.

in the company of; together with

From this reading ASCENT OF MOUNT HEDGEHOG After breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all events to the base of Mount Hedgehog, and thence perhaps back to Horn Sound by way of Kittiwake Glacier.

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading Last year hidden crevasses were troublesome hereabouts, but there was no such danger now.