nine o’clock
This powerful animal is audible from far away when it sends up towering spouts of air and steam that resemble swirls of smoke . Herds of these different mammals were playing about in the tranquil waters , and I could easily see that this Antarctic polar basin now served as a refuge for those cetaceans too relentlessly pursued by hunters . I also noted long , whitish strings of salps , a type of mollusk found in clusters , and some jellyfish of large size that swayed in the eddies of the billows . By nine o'clock we had pulled up to shore . The sky was growing brighter . Clouds were fleeing to the south . Mists were rising from the cold surface of the water .