Nov 25 So I stood completely immobilized & said "what do we do." Colin answered "Pem" & took off. I followed. Colin was wearing crewpone & outran me handily. Remember being envious of this + also I found that the steel tape was balled up around my hands effectively immobilizing them. After 100 yds the futility of remaining became apparent. We stopped & saw that the water had mostly filled back in the hole + that the berg now lay quietly on it's side. A shock wave in the form of a large ripple on the ice, perhaps 3 foot amplitude, swept under us + moved on to the shore. My leg felt weak. We walked back, cut the throats of our seals put a line on them + pulled them to the base. Our escape had been witnessed from the shore & we are both credited now with the antarctic speed record. Both slain seals were shimmied by 1 PM. Colin helped me with the & + shimmied the pup. I spent the afternoon getting the fat off the skins. The bulk of this was done by 5 PM, the skins however, need a final cleaning before I can salt them. I went to bed at 9 PM.