west-sou'-westerly

Updated: May 28, 2025

A fine lead appeared in the pack this morning, as I had expected, and we were able to cast off our ice-anchor, and steam about twelve miles in a west-sou'-westerly direction. We were then brought to a halt by a great floe as massive as any which we have left behind us.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The Captain of the Polestar