Their way up to the inland plateau was via a labyrinthine glacier (later named the Reeves Glacier after the Royal Geographical Society's main map curator), which brought them on 27 December to a hard snow surface.
Vejen op til indlandsplateauet gik via en labyrintisk isbræ (senere navngivet Reevesbræen efter Royals Geographical Societys kortkurator), som bragte dem til en hård overflade af sne den 27. december.