90 THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE KARLUK 
Murray, Dr. Mackay, Williams, King, Chafe, 
Kataktovick and Kerdrillo and his family, and to 
the snow igloo Munro, Williamson, Breddy, Had¬ 
ley, Templeman, Maurer, Brady, Anderson, 
Barker, Malloch and myself. 
After every one else had left the ship I remained 
on board to await the end. For a time the chief 
engineer and Hadley stayed with me. There was 
a big fire in the galley and we moved the Yictrola 
in there to while away the time. After the first 
sharp crash and the closing in of the ice the pres¬ 
sure was not heavy and all through the morning of 
the eleventh and well into the afternoon, the ship 
remained in about the same position as when she 
was first struck. No more water was coming in; 
the ice was holding her up. I would play a few 
records—we had a hundred and fifty or so alto¬ 
gether—and then I would go outside and walk 
around the deck, watching for any change in the 
ship’s position. It cleared off towards noon and 
there was a little twilight but the snow was still 
blowing. As I played the records I threw them 
into the stove. At last I found Chopin’s Funeral 
March, played it over and laid it aside. I ate 
when I was hungry and had plenty of coffee and 
tea. My companions had gone over to the floe 
and turned in early in the morning. It was quite 
comfortable in the galley, for I could keep the fire 
