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chain tackle from the engine-room, and plenty of * beef ' and 
leverage, we dragged it clear. All the pintles are gone at the fore 
part of the rudder ; it is a clean break and bears Avitness to the 
terrific force exerted on the ship during the nip. I am glad to 
see the rudder upon the ice and clear of the propeller. The 
blade itself (which is sohd oak and sheathed on two sides and 
after part half-way down, with three-quarter-inch iron plating) 
is undamaged, save for the broken pintles ; the twisted portion 
is in the rudder trunk. 
August 25, 11 p.m. — Hooke has just been in with the good 
tidings that he has heard Macquarie and the Bluff (New Zea- 
land) sending their weather reports and exchanging signals. 
Can this mean that they have heard our recent signals and are 
trying to get us now ? Our motor has been out of order. 
August 26. — The carpenter has finished the jury-rudder 
and is now at work on the lower end of the rudder-truck, where 
the rudder burst into the stern timbers. We are lucky in 
having this opportunity to repair these minor damages, which 
might prove serious in a seaway. 
''August 31, 6.30 a.m. — Very loud pressure-noises to the 
south-east. I went aloft after breakfast and had the pleasure 
of seeing many open lanes in all directions. The lanes of yester- 
day are frozen over, showing what little chance there is of a 
general and continued break-up of the ice until the temperature 
rises. Land was visible, but far too distant for even approxi- 
mate bearings. The berg still hangs to the north-west of the 
ship. We seem to have pivoted outwards from the land. We 
camiot get out of this too quickly, and although every one has 
plenty of work, and is cheerful, the uselessness of the ship in 
her present position palls. 
''September 5. — The mizen wireless mast came down in a 
raging blizzard to-day. In the forenoon I managed to crawl 
to windward on the top of the bridge-house, and under the lee 
of the chart-house watched the mast bending over with the 
wind and swaying like the branch of a tree, but after the aerial 
had stood throughout the winter I hardly thought the mast 
would carry away. Luckily, as it is dangerous to life to be on 
deck in this weather (food is brought from the galley in relays 
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