He was in danger for a few moments, but we got him clear, suffering merely from a few bad bruises.
The thick iron bar had been bent against him to an angle of 45 degrees.
The days that followed were uneventful.

Moderate breezes from the east and south-west had no apparent effect upon the ice, and the ship remained firmly held.

On the 27th, the tenth day of inactivity, I decided to let the fires out.

We had been burning half a ton of coal a day to keep steam in the boilers, and as the bunkers now contained only 67 tons, representing thirty-three days' steaming, we could not afford to continue this expenditure of fuel.

Land still showed to the east and south when the horizon was clear.