The lee of an iceberg ain't a place one would choose, if one could help it.

There you are becalmed under it, and the berg drifting down upon you, going perhaps four knots an hour.

No, the farther you keep away from icebergs the better.

But if you have got to be near one, keep to windward of it.

At least, that's my 'speryence.
"They have been having some trouble with the convicts, I hears.
They worked well enough at first, as long as they knew that there was a lot of water in the hold; but since then they have been a-grumbling, and last night I hear there was a rumpus, and six of them was put in irons.