This is the first of its kind that we have seen since January last, and it may mean a lot.

It may signify that there is land somewhere near us, or else that great leads are opening up, but it is impossible to form more than a mere conjecture at present." No skuas, Antarctic petrels, or sea-leopards were seen during our two months' stay at Ocean Camp.
In addition to the daily hunt for food, our time was passed in reading the few books that we had managed to save from the ship.

The greatest treasure in the library was a portion of the "Encyclopaedia Britannica." This was being continually used to settle the inevitable arguments that would arise.

The sailors were discovered one day engaged in a very heated discussion on the subject of Money and Exchange.

They finally came to the conclusion that the Encyclopaedia, since it did not coincide with their views, must be wrong.
"For descriptions of every American town that ever has been, is, or ever will be, and for full and complete biographies of every American statesman since the time of George Washington and long before, the Encyclopaedia would be hard to beat.