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[[underlined]] Dec. 19 Afternoon [[/underlined]]

Left 2.20 by Helicopter for Cape Crozier picked up 2 members Scotts Base & got there about 2.30, to Cape, stayed there 3 hrs. Wandered down to shore tough climb back Some Penguins make lovely nests but they get worn down toward end. Fishing Penguins get very bloody as one we saw
Got some moss, lichens [[insertion]] [[underlined]] yellow [[/underlined]] orange [[/insertion]] & debris from under rock might have in 

[[left margin, written vertically, bottom to top]] Green-stone inclusion to Bob Forbes -- [[/left margin]]

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Dec. 20th.
Owen Wilkes got back had stone from Beaufort Id much desired by Steventon He collects rocks (lava) with depressions to serve as ash trays not a bad idea for give-aways. Has a number from a number of places.
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[[insertion]] used in 19th I put away on 20th [[insertion]]
Fridden calculator was ^[[insertion]] left [[/insertion]] plugged in & [[insertion]] was found [[/insertion]] running on [[double underlined]] 21 [[/underlined]] st.
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[[strikethrough]] Dec. 19/1916 [[/strikethrough]]
Cape Crozier, travelling over ice in helicopter much like being above clouds; look like a sea of clouds.
Stopped at Beaufort Id en route home; also stopped to fuel. Left Cape at 
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| 620 p.m. home by 8.

[[left margin, written vertically, bottom to top]] Bloody Penguin [[/left margin]]

Transcription Notes:
Friden electromechanical calculators were robust and popular.