Indeed at this stage of the voyage it took all our fortitude to keep up our spirits. We again hove to for the night, and the gale increasing in violence we lay to all next day.
It moderated about midnight of the 24th, and we set off under topsail only in the direction of Elephant and Clarence Islands.
Photo: Wilkins
LOADING SEA-ELEPHANTS’ BLUBBER AT CAPE LOOKOUT, ELEPHANT ISLAND
Photo: Wilkins