Dr. C. W. M. Swithinbank writes as follows:—

Among the records preserved at the Scott Polar Research Institute is a description by Dr. E. A. Wilson of a pit dug in the surface of the Ross Ice Shelf on November 21, 1903 (Fig. 1). His observations are of interest in that they may represent the earliest attempt to studysnow structure in Antarctica. “Fair Weather Bay” is on the south side of Ross Island in long. 168° E. Captain R. F. Scott describes it as a “curious windless area” (The Voyage of the “Discovery”, Vol. 2, p. 304). The “hard crust” at 1 ft.