to +29.8ｰ Fahr., the highest we had experienced since January, and the ship got dripping wet between decks.
The upper deck was clear of ice and snow and the cabins became unpleasantly messy.

The dogs, who hated wet, had a most unhappy air.
Undoubtedly one grows to like familiar conditions.

We had lived long in temperatures that would have seemed distressingly low in civilized life, and now we were made uncomfortable by a degree of warmth that would have left the unaccustomed human being still shivering.

The thaw was an indication that winter was over, and we began preparations for reoccupying the cabins on the main deck.

I had the shelter-house round the stern pulled down on the 11th and made other preparations for working the ship as soon as she got clear.