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But large pools of water now formed on the ice-floes. 

 Already on the 8th and Qth of June such a pool had 

 begun to appear round the ship, so that she lay in a little 

 lake of fresh water, and we were obliged to make use 



SAILING ON THE FRESH-WATER POOL (jULY 1 2TH, 1894). 



(Front a Photograph. ) 



of a bridge in order to reach a dry spot on the ice. 

 Some of these fresh-water pools were of respectable 

 dimensions and depth. There was one of these on the 

 starboard side of the ship, so large that in the middle 

 of July we could row and sail on it with the boats 



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