Even when cracked lips and swollen mouths checked the outward and visible signs of amusement we could see a joke of the primitive kind.

Man's sense of humour is always most easily stirred by the petty misfortunes of his neighbours, and I shall never forget Worsley's efforts on one occasion to place the hot aluminium stand on top of the Primus stove after it had fallen off in an extra heavy roll.

With his frost-bitten fingers he picked it up, dropped it, picked it up again, and toyed with it gingerly as though it were some fragile article of lady's wear.

We laughed, or rather gurgled with laughter.
The wind came up strong and worked into a gale from the north-west on the third day out.

We stood away to the east.