At this moment, I perceived him standing on a narrow projection; needless to specify the direction in which his eyes were turned.
Captain Len Guy, the mate, the boatswain, Hardy, and Martin Holt, whom I accompanied, went up again towards the schooner in order to make a minute investigation of the hull.

On the starboard side the operation would be easy enough, because the _Halbrane_ had a list to the opposite side.

On the port side we would have to slide along to the keel as well as we could by scooping out the ice, in order to insure the inspection of every part of the planking.
After an examination which lasted two hours, it was discovered that the damage was of little importance, and could be repaired in a short time.

Two or three planks only were wrenched away by the collision.

In the inside the skin was intact, the ribs not having given way.