The 'Endurance' was now leaking badly, and at 9 p.m.I gave the order to lower boats, gear, provisions, and sledges to the floe, and move them to the flat ice a little way from the ship.

The working of the ice closed the leaks slightly at midnight, but all hands were pumping all night.

A strange occurrence was the sudden appearance of eight emperor penguins from a crack 100 yds.

away at the moment when the pressure upon the ship was at its climax.

They walked a little way towards us, halted, and after a few ordinary calls proceeded to utter weird cries that sounded like a dirge for the ship.