21st December - 5th January, 1968 (7):

Re-supply due on the 21st for various reasons delayed till the 24th December. Left on the 26th for the head of the Graveson Glacier. We felt for the first time we were en exploration party as this area was being visited for the first time. Once again we struck very soft snow conditions. From this point on weather deteriorated very much until the average became one by up day in three. He crossed a high pass from the Graveson Glacier into the Néve at the head of the Carryer Glacier, we named this the "Edlin Néve". Side trips down the Carryer were undertaken though confined because of crevassing. Two days of heavy snow in the Edlin Néve curtailed any further work in this area though one side trip North towards Mt. Sturm was made and two 8,000' peaks climbed. Fossils were found on the slopes of one of these Peaks. We returned the same way with 2 men side trips visiting outcrops. East and West of the Graveson Glacier. On the 5th January returned to Depot.