It wasn't long before a group of Reghedmen came running from the Frostskimmr. They had heard the sound of battle (particularly from the Shatter spell) and had come to see if they could help. They were very impressed by the giant, and dubious of the whale, and they congratulated Imani's agents on their victory.
Not long after, the ship hove into view, pulled by tired but enthusiastic men. The ice-hole had already began to freeze over, and they had no difficulty dragging the ship over it. (By then the whale bones, barring a few trophies, had been sent to the depths.) An hour later, the ship arrived at the opposite shore, and was slid back into the sea.
The day was clear, and the ice-cleft that matched the description of Oyaviggaton (a diagonal slope to the east, rising to a high cliff on the west, which towered above its neighbouring burgs) could be seen a few miles to the north. The kayakers that had been seen before were no longer around.