These pots, fortunately, were not essential, since nearly all our cooking was done over the blubber- stove.

The galley was set up by the rocks close to my tent, in a hole we had dug through the debris of the penguin rookery.

Cases of stores gave some shelter from the wind and a spread sail kept some of the snow off the cook when he was at work.

He had not much idle time.

The amount of seal and sea-elephant steak and blubber consumed by our hungry party was almost incredible.