. The Antarctic manual for the use of the expedition of 1901 . Scientific expeditions; Natural history; Geophysics. THE NARRATIVE OF CHARLES WILKEo 389 two ship's-lengths ahead. The cold was severe, and every spray that touched the ship was immediately converted into ice. At 9 , the barometer still falling and the gale increasing, we reduced sail to close- reefed fore and main-topsails, reefed foresail, and trysails, under which we passed numerous icebergs, some to windward and some to leeward of us. At we found ourselves thickly beset with them, and had many narrow escapes; the exci
. The Antarctic manual for the use of the expedition of 1901 . Scientific expeditions; Natural history; Geophysics. THE NARRATIVE OF CHARLES WILKEo 389 two ship's-lengths ahead. The cold was severe, and every spray that touched the ship was immediately converted into ice. At 9 , the barometer still falling and the gale increasing, we reduced sail to close- reefed fore and main-topsails, reefed foresail, and trysails, under which we passed numerous icebergs, some to windward and some to leeward of us. At we found ourselves thickly beset with them, and had many narrow escapes; the excitement became intense; it required a constant change of helm to avoid those close aboard; and we were com- pelled to press the ship with canvass in order to escape them, by keeping her to windward. We thus passed close along their weather sides, and distinctly heard the roar of the surf dashing against them. We ' VIKOENNES ' AMONGST ICEBERGS. from time to time, glimpses of their obscure outline, appearing as though immediately above us. After many escapes, I found the ship so covered with ice and the watch so powerless in managing her, that a little after midnight on the 29th I had all hands called. Scarcely had they been reported on deck, when it was made known to me that the gunner Mr. Williamson had fallen, broken his ribs, and otherwise injured himself, on the icy deck. The gale at this moment was awful: we found we were passing large masses of drift-ice, and ice-islands became more numerous. At a little after one o'clock it was terrific, and the sea was now so heavy that I was obliged to reduce sail still further; the fore and main-topsails. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain); Murray, George, 1831-. London : Royal Geographical Society
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