Part 2 is a transition from the ship to the ice. The men now have to camp upon a fairly large and thick floe until the ice breaks up and they can get into their boats. The crew established camp some 200 yards away from the trapped ship, and the sounds of its crushing could be heard loud and clear. Almost daily, teams of huskies and men would trek to the ship and back, bringing supplies from its hull. Tremors from the pressure that entrapped the Endurance still rang through their floe that the crew was camping on. They named this place Ocean Camp, and grew accustomed to it. but, by the end of the part, the crew is forced to leave that place in order to advance to their goal of Paulet Island
In the middle of part 2, the crew is stationed at their camp ground when "...they heard the sound of a splintering crack, and looking over they saw [the Endurance's] foremast come crashing down, carrying the blue ensign with it." This epitomizes the transitioning and the lit term turning point because the ship can no longer be safely accessed, and the crew has no other option besides living in nature.
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