Shortly before midnight a gale sprang up suddenly from the north-east with rain and sleet showers.

It brought quantities of glacier-ice into the cove, and by 2 a.m.

(May 12) our little harbour was filled with ice, which surged to and fro in the swell and pushed its way on to the beach.

We had solid rock beneath our feet and could watch without anxiety.

When daylight came rain was falling heavily, and the temperature was the highest we had experienced for many months.