eleven o’clock
The travellers had not gone more than about two miles in the valley , but it was so sinuous , that it was impossible to estimate exactly the distance traversed . The signal to halt was given by the Lieutenant , and Marbre and Sabine quickly dug out a grotto in the ice with their chisels , into which the whole party crept , and after a good supper all were soon asleep . Every one was up at eight o'clock the next morning , and Hobson decided to follow the valley for another mile , in the hope of finding out whether it went right through the ice-wall . The direction of the pass , judging from the position of the sun , had now changed from north to south east , and as early as eleven o'clock the party came out on the opposite side of the chain of icebergs . The passage was therefore proved to run completely through the barrier . The aspect of the ice-field on the eastern side was exactly similar to that on the west . The same confusion of ice-masses , the same accumulation of hummocks and icebergs , as far as the eye could reach , with occasional alternations of smooth surfaces of small extent , intersected by numerous crevasses , the edges of which were already melting fast .