He had never seen anything of the kind before and had no idea at all that the strange disorder might concern him.

Several cracks had opened in the neighbourhood of the ship, and the emperor penguins, fat and glossy of plumage, were appearing in considerable numbers.

We secured nine of them on May 6, an important addition to our supply of fresh food.
The sun, which had made "positively his last appearance" seven days earlier, surprised us by lifting more than half its disk above the horizon on May 8.

A glow on the northern horizon resolved itself into the sun at 11 a.m.that day.

A quarter of an hour later the unseasonable visitor disappeared again, only to rise again at 11.40 a.m., set at 1 p.m., rise at 1.10 p.m., and set lingeringly at 1.20 p.m.