Icicles hung pendant everywhere, and from one fringe a continuous trickle of thaw water had swollen to a miniature waterfall.

It was like a big hose playing over the cliff edge.

We noticed a very clear echo as we passed close to a perpendicular rock face.

Later we returned to the ship, which had been trying to turn in the bay--she is not very satisfactory in this respect owing to the difficulty of starting the engines either ahead or astern--several minutes often elapse after the telegraph has been put over before there is any movement of the engines.
It makes the position rather alarming when one is feeling one's way into some doubtful corner.

When the whaler was hoisted we proceeded round to the penguin rookery; hopes of finding a quiet landing had now almost disappeared.8 There were several small grounded bergs close to the rookery; going close to these we got repeated soundings varying from 34 down to 12 fathoms.