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[[double underlined]] Feb. 4. Monday [[/underlined]]

Paradise Bay
 
Another warm day, but ushered in with heavy fog, just about a white out. Toward 3 p.m it lifted enough to get our traps down by the Argentine Base. [[strikethrough]] This [[/strikethrough]] Sunday made 2nd nite that they were down, as perhaps that is why we got 17, all told, saved 7 all - No tethonid fishes, as before.

In the a.m. got spec. overhauled as fog sus [[insertion, by arrow, block of text from lower down page]] pended all activities, made list of animals collected for Doty; specimens out for photog. Since trip for traps was cancelled asked for dredge haul. got stuck, unstuck it with line & shackle. Huge rock & many smaller stones in dredge, large one dented wire screen, expanded metal. At [[strikethrough]] 04:15 [[/strikethrough]] 16:15 under way for Danco. [[/insertion]]

perhaps one acre of building site ground here as compared with 10,000 covered with ice and snow. One in 10,000 ^[[insertion]] ice or snow [[/insertion]] free land for site.
 
Argentine base here (Paradise Bay) is partly snow covered, & up to 6 feet around boat house concrete pier etc. saltwater cement = friable, but still usable. [[underlined]] can walk up hill behind [[/underlined]] But still why not 3-4 story building against cliff [[image: drawing of potential building site and layout, with captions "Dorm, Lab, Mess & stores" and arrows from labels "platform & boat hoist]] storage lower floor or oil tank on present building site. (could be filled & emptied by pipe lines and so be under snow. part time or lease

[[enclosed text, multiple outlines]] moss two lots one very wet on headland [[watery?]] copper ore was gotten [[/enclosed text]]
[[insertion]] seals off Bryde Id [[/insertion]]