On the 7th Wordie and Worsley found some small pebbles, a piece of moss, a perfect bivalve shell, and some dust on a berg fragment, and brought their treasure-trove proudly to the ship.

Clark was using the drag-net frequently in the leads and secured good hauls of plankton, with occasional specimens of greater scientific interest.

Seals were not plentiful, but our store of meat and blubber grew gradually.

All hands ate seal meat with relish and would not have cared to become dependent on the ship's tinned meat.

We preferred the crab-eater to the Weddell, which is a very sluggish beast.