four in the afternoon
But sometimes over broken ice it is a constant task to get her on at all . You hear , `` One , two , three , _ haul _ , '' all day long , as she is worked out of one ice `` cradle-hole '' over a hummock into another . Different parties select different hours for travelling . Captain Kellett finally considered that the best division of time , when , as usual , they had constant daylight , was to start at four in the afternoon , travel till ten P. M. , _ breakfast _ then , tent and rest four hours ; travel four more , tent , dine , and sleep nine hours . This secured sleep , when the sun was the highest and most trying to the eyes . The distances accomplished with this equipment are truly surprising . Each man , of course , is dressed as warmly as flannel , woollen cloth , leather , and seal-skin will dress him .