Evidently life beneath the pack is not always monotonous.

We noticed that several of the bergs in the neighbourhood of the ship were changing their relative positions more than they had done for months past.

The floes were moving.
Our position on Sunday, October 3, was lat.

69ｰ 14ｴ S., long.

51ｰ 8ｴ W.
During the night the floe holding the ship aft cracked in several places, and this appeared to have eased the strain on the rudder.