Chapter Twenty OneGREENLAND SEA
JULY - AUGUST 1914
One of the men last night took a piece of his undergarment and committed it to the flames, saying at the same time “burn the witches'
Journal of a Voyage to Baffin Bay aboard the Ship Thomas Commanded by Alex Cooke, John Wanless, 8th November 1834
Captain Milne lay on his back with his head at an acute angle and his arms spread out. At first I thought he was dead, but then I smelled the sweet perfume of rum, heard the clink of empty bottles rolling under the bunk and realised he was merely drunk. Sir Melville's warning returned to me:
'Captain Milne is a good man too, Iain, the last of a long line of Dundee whalers. A splendid mariner, as long as you keep him away from the bottle.'
Jennifer's father had been right all along, and my s
