Macklin's Journal - November 16, 1915
... The camp is completely surrounded by water, the lead varying from 4 - 20 ft. wide all round. ...
The carpenter has been building up gunwales for the whaler, and rendering her fit for heavy seas, should we be compelled to face out a storm on her.
Clark, Greenstreet, Kerr and Blackboro' are playing whist, and have got a bad attack of what we call "Antarctic Tap," behaving like a quartette of schoolboys, making the silliest possible jokes, much to their own enjoyment.
NOTE: The remarkable contrast between their perilous position and the ongoing preparations for the worst possible scenario, and the group's "silliest possible jokes."
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