There was a clatter aft during the afternoon, and Hussey, who was at the wheel, explained that "The wheel spun round and threw me over the top of it!" The noon position was lat.

62ｰ 13ｴ S., long.

18ｰ 53ｴ W., and the run for the preceding twenty-four hours had been 32 miles in a south-westerly direction.

We saw three blue whales during the day and one emperor penguin, a 58-lb.

bird, which was added to the larder.
The morning of December 18 found the 'Endurance' proceeding amongst large floes with thin ice between them.