Chapter Twenty FourGREENLAND SEA
AUGUST 1914
The ship proved to be the Brahmoor of Hanover, which had been among the seals and was now on her way north to the whale fishing. The master immediately agreed to relieve the poor wanderers. These in the boat were taken on board the Brahmoor, and the master of the Felix getting a crew of Hanoverians, put off for the ice, and picked up the rest of his ship's company, many of whom were now in a very famished and exhausted state.
Banffshire Journal, 16 May 1854
'A ship!' The cry ran was taken up by the rest of the hands and while Pratt scampered up the masts with that agility that still astonished me, others ran to the side to stare. Only Thoms had the sense to snatch the captain's telescope and scan the newcomer.
'She's a ship, right enough, T
