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[[left side of text, vertical wavy line]] Ⓧ no great evidence of rookeries here but fide Lenton [[/vertical wavy line]]

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March 2nd, [[strikethrough]] th [[strikethrough]], 3rd
Paradise Hbr., March 2nd.
Another ^[[insertion]] thick [[/insertion]] bad day, visibility said to be 5 miles 
Temp. 31°. Much ice yet Navigable.

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Mar. 3 [[insertion]] Sunday [[/insertion]] Last night 55 [[strikethrough]] n [[/strikethrough]] knot wind, this a.m. snowing, brief glim [[strikethrough]] ps [[/strikethrough]] mer of sunshine [[strikethrough]] just [[/strikethrough]] [[insertion]] well [[/insertion]] before noon (perhaps 10:30 oclock when Capt Mac Came down from bridge and said barometer is lowest Ive ever seen 28:12. at about 10:30 to Ⓧ 12 we took survey party ashore, landed them on rocks and then on my insistence boat Pobette, Asala, Doty & I with boat crew went for trap, got six fish ashore [[underlined, in red]] saw 1 Gentoo and 3-4 chin straps on shore in [[/underlined]] Island cove March 4th last n [[/strikethrough]] 
[[margin, lines top and bottom]] Ardley [[/margin]]
(Penguins have gone) Ⓧ must have a lot in season, We got back to ship about 1 p.m. and snow & wind began acting up. Fortunately  we had made tow net haul (I hope & believe before - I know we had a "drag" with mud bucket to ship.
Ⓧ At 11 oclock it was even lower 28.095 Ski the weatherman aboard said //At 4 oclock order went out to sweep decks, are full of snow I took a couple of pictures of it though I had tried 3 previously I was lucky to insist on getting fish trap back first be-