Mutiny in the ice and the vow to turn back

1 From high above, a small whaler sits frozen fast between two jagged mountains of ice

2 Alone in the frozen cabin, Walton pauses mid-confession, his quill still above the page

3 Through frosted stern windows, sailors haul a comrade's body to a cairn with a cross

4 Half a dozen sailors crowd the captain's cabin door as their spokesman steps forward

5 For one moment the dying guest comes back to life.

6 The dying guest rises from his bunk and urges the mutinous sailors to be more than men

7 The sailors have gone.

8 Late at night, Walton sits alone at his letter with the quill stopped on the page

9 Walton sits bowed over the letter in which he has just agreed to turn back