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estimated distance of twelve miles. They carried with them 

 the light dingy, secured upon a sled drawn by fifteen dogs, 

 and provisions for seven days, besides knapsacks and sleep- 

 ing-bags and arms. 



All hands assembled on the ice to witness the departure, 

 and cheers were exchanged as the sled moved off. At six 

 p. M. the traveling party could be seen from aloft at about 

 five miles distant from the ship. 



THURSDAY, June 2. Latitude 77 deg. 16 min. 25 sec. 

 north. During the forenoon the traveling party was in 

 sight from aloft, seemingly more than half way to the island. 



SATURDAY, June 4. Latitude 77 deg. 12 min. 55 sec. 

 north, longitude 158 deg. 11 min. 45 sec. east. From the 

 cracked appearance of the ice around the stern it would 

 seem that the ship is endeavoring to rise from her ice dock. 

 To facilitate her rising and to relieve the strain upon the 

 keel under the propeller the men were engaged forenoon and 

 afternoon in digging away the ice under the counters and in 

 the neighbourhood of the propeller well. The said ice is of 

 flinty hardness and clings so closely to the ship as to show 

 the grain of the wood and to tear out the oakum, visible 

 where the ship's rising has left open spaces. 



Bearings of the island toward which the traveling party 

 was sent : South end S. 52 deg. W. (true). North end S. 

 61 deg. W. (true). 



SUNDAY, June 5. No observations. At eleven A. M. start- 

 ed a fire on the ice ahead of the ship, adding tar and oakum 

 to make a black smoke as, a signal of our location to the ab- 

 sent traveling party. At four P. M., the weather being 

 foggy, fired a charge from the brass gun and one from a 

 whale-gun as a similar signal. Carpenters pushed repairs 

 to steam cutter. 



MONDAY, June 6. No observations. At ten A. M. called 

 all hands to muster and read the act for the government of 

 the navy. The commanding officer then inspected the ship. 

 At 1.30 P. M. divine service was read in the cabin. At six 

 A. M. sighted the traveling party making their way back to 



