three o'clock in the
afternoon
I am aware that ships have often passed over the indicated bearings of land . This , however , was not admissible in the case of Tsalal . If the _ Jane _ had been able to reach the islands , it was because that portion of the Antarctic sea was free , and in so `` early '' a year , we need not fear any obstacle in that direction . At last , on the 19th , between two and three o'clock in the afternoon , a shout from the crow 's - nest was heard . `` What is it ? '' roared West . `` The iceberg wall is split on the south-east . ''