A jagged line of peaks with a gap like a broken tooth confronted us.

This was the ridge that runs in a southerly direction from Fortuna Bay, and our course eastward to Stromness lay across it.

A very steep slope led up to the ridge and an icy wind burst through the gap.
We went through the gap at 6 a.m.with anxious hearts as well as weary bodies.

If the farther slope had proved impassable our situation would have been almost desperate; but the worst was turning to the best for us.

The twisted, wave-like rock formations of Husvik Harbour appeared right ahead in the opening of dawn.