e, they
build an igloo in which to shelter themselves for the night.

The first part passed quietly away, but about midnight Archy was awoke
by the sound of the crashing of ice, and a loud dashing of waves. He
aroused his companions, they listened for a few seconds.

"The sea is breaking up the ice close to us," exclaimed Andrew. "Put on
your clothes, lads, or we may be drowned in our den."

In another minute the whole party made their way out of the hut,
carrying their bedding under their arms. The sea was already close up
to the stern of the boat. Fortunately she had been placed on the
runners. They had just time to seize her, and drag her along, before
the ice, on which she had been resting, gave way. On they went as fast
as they could drag the boat, but even then it seemed doubtful whether
they could escape from the fast following sea. Their hut and the
hummock, near which it had been built, quickly disappeared. The wind
blew with fearful violence; the ice beneath their feet rose and fell as
they passed over it. Whenever they halted, the crashing ice behind them
warned them to push on again. At last a berg in the floe appeared
ahead, they made their way towards it, hoping that they might obtain
shelter under its lee till the gale had ceased. The men were so
fatigued that they would have thrown themselves down under shelter of
the boat to rest had not Andrew persuaded them to build another igloo.
Here they once more sought shelter, hoping to remain undisturbed for the
remainder of the night. Andrew and Foubister, however, agreed to keep
watch and watch, and Archy begged to take his turn.

"No, no," said Andrew, "you were the means of saving our lives. You
want sleep more than we do."

Two hours passed away, when, as Andrew listened, he heard again the same
terrific sound which had before awakened them. Once more all were
aroused, and hastening out as before, they found the sea still
encroaching on them. Complaining bitterly of their hard fate, the men
dragged on their boat, still the sea pursued them. Scarcely had they
got a hundred yards from the berg beneath which they had taken shelter,
when it crashed away through the broken ice. No one now felt inclined
to stop. The raging sea tore up the ice behind them, the vast slabs
crashing together with a terrific sound, urging them to greater speed.

On they went till day dawned, when they found themselves near a low
iceberg. They now declared tha