THE WOLF OF THE SEA 



water. I had heard weird stories of these beasts, but had 

 never associated serious danger with them. Close to the 

 water's edge lay the wire and stern rope of the ship, and 

 our two Esquimaux dogs were tethered to this. 



I did not think of connecting the movements of the whales 

 with this fact, and seeing them so close I shouted to Ponting, 



A posterior view of a killer showing the high dorsal fin. In the 

 male the dorsal is over six feet in height but in the female 

 it is only four feet. 



who was standing abreast of the ship. He seized the 

 camera and ran toward the floe edge to get a close picture of 

 the beasts, which had momentarily disappeared. The next 

 moment the whole floe under him and the dogs heaved up 

 and split into fragments. One could hear the "booming" 

 noise as the whales rose under the ice and struck it with 

 their backs. 



Whale after whale rose under the ice, setting it rocking 



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