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“
Before
beginning
the
work
,
let
us
examine
the
hull
and
see
what
the
damage
is
,
and
whether
it
can
be
repaired
.
For
what
use
would
it
be
to
launch
a
ship
stripped
of
her
planks
,
which
would
go
to
the
bottom
at
once
?
”
We
complied
with
the
boatswain
’
s
just
demand
.
The
fog
having
cleared
off
,
a
bright
sun
then
illumined
the
eastern
side
of
the
iceberg
,
whence
the
sea
was
visible
round
a
large
part
of
the
horizon
.
Here
the
sides
of
the
iceberg
showed
rugged
projections
,
ledges
,
shoulders
,
and
even
flat
instead
of
smooth
surfaces
,
giving
no
foothold
.
However
,
caution
would
be
necessary
in
order
to
avoid
the
falling
of
those
unbalanced
blocks
,
which
a
single
shock
might
set
loose
.
And
,
as
a
matter
of
fact
,
during
the
morning
,
several
of
these
blocks
did
roll
into
the
sea
with
a
frightful
noise
just
like
an
avalanche
.
On
the
whole
,
the
iceberg
seemed
to
be
very
steady
on
its
new
base
.
So
long
as
the
centre
of
gravity
was
below
the
level
of
the
water
-
line
,
there
was
no
fear
of
a
fresh
capsize
I
had
not
yet
had
an
opportunity
of
speaking
to
Dirk
Peters
since
the
catastrophe
.
As
he
had
answered
to
his
name
,
I
knew
he
was
not
numbered
among
the
victims
.
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
.
Our
vessel
,
constructed
for
the
polar
seas
,
had
resisted
where
many
others
less
solidly
built
would
have
been
dashed
to
pieces
.
The
rudder
had
indeed
been
unshipped
,
but
that
could
easily
be
set
right
.
Having
finished
our
inspection
inside
and
outside
,
we
agreed
that
the
damage
was
less
considerable
than
we
feared
,
and
on
that
subject
we
became
reassured
.
Reassured
!
Yes
,
if
we
could
only
succeed
in
getting
the
schooner
afloat
again
.
In
the
morning
,
after
breakfast
,
it
was
decided
that
the
men
should
begin
to
dig
a
sloping
bed
which
would
allow
the
Halbrane
to
slide
to
the
foot
of
the
iceberg
.
Would
that
Heaven
might
grant
success
to
the
operation
,
for
who
could
contemplate
without
terror
having
to
brave
the
severity
of
the
austral
winter
,
and
to
pass
six
months
under
such
conditions
as
ours
on
a
vast
iceberg
,
dragged
none
could
tell
whither
?
Once
the
winter
had
set
in
,
none
of
us
could
have
escaped
from
that
most
terrible
of
fates
—
dying
of
cold
.
At
this
moment
,
Dirk
Peters
,
who
was
observing
the
horizon
from
south
to
east
at
about
one
hundred
paces
off
,
cried
out
in
a
rough
voice
:
“
Lying
to
!
”
