They became almost frenzied when a solemn-looking emperor penguin inspected them gravely from some point of vantage on the floe and gave utterance to an apparently derisive "Knark!" At 7 p.m.on the 13th the ship broke free of the floe on which she had rested to starboard sufficiently to come upright.

The rudder freed itself, but the propeller was found to be athwartship, having been forced into that position by the floe some time after August 1.

The water was very clear and we could see the rudder, which appeared to have suffered only a slight twist to port at the water-line.

It moved quite freely.

The propeller, as far as we could see, was intact, but it could not be moved by the hand-gear, probably owing to a film of ice in the stern gland and sleeve.