There must be easier ways to pass the time than this, but Crozier isn't interested.

The caulker's mate on Terror is pressed into service for a more personal problem of its Captain's.

The captain sees something in him, and he doesn't like it.

Crozier experiences some uncharitable thoughts in light of one particular shortcoming.

Hickey shows Crozier something new.

Scenes from the private affairs of one Cornelius Hickey.

Crozier's past has come back to haunt him before, but not quite like this.

If they be two, they are two so
As stiff twin compasses are two;
Thy soul, the fixed foot, makes no show
To move, but doth, if th' other do.

Hickey and Crozier are soulmates, and it's the worst thing ever.

Like a wolf, Hickey senses Crozier's weakness; like a wolf, he descends on him. Like a wolf, he can hardly do anything else.

There are worse things than being lashed.