Raed picked up hailstones in front of our shelter, after the cloud had passed, which were two inches and a half in diameter.

They struck down upon the rocks with almost incredible violence.

Any ordinary canvas-tent would have been riddled by them: but our tough walrus-skin bore the brunt, and sheltered us completely.

The sea, during the hail-fall, seemed to boil with a loud peculiar roar, and was white with bubbles and foam.
There was a very bright aurora the following night.

The next morning was fair; but a ghastly greenish haze gave the sky an aspect of strange pallor.