scree-slopes

Updated: July 5, 2026

Swirling clouds and mist- wreaths had obscured our view of the sound when we were entering, but glimpses of snow-slopes had given us hope that an overland journey could be begun from that point. A few patches of very rough, tussocky land, dotted with little tarns, lay between the glaciers along the foot of the mountains, which were heavily scarred with scree-slopes.

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton - South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition