268 THE JEANNETTE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. 



west, and several unconnected lanes of water are to be seen 

 in those directions. The ice, having passed the obstruction 

 caused by Henrietta Island, has closed up again and resumed 

 its accustomed drift to the northwest. 



FRIDAY, June 10. Latitude N. 77 deg. 14 min. 20 sec., 

 longitude E. 156 deg. 7 min. 30 sec. 



The following bearings were taken of Henrietta Island at 

 twenty minutes past five P. M. : 



Ship's head S.' 13 30 W. true. 



S. W. point of island S. 59 24 E, 



Second cliff S. 64 30 E. 



Blackhead S. 66 30 E. 



At eleven P. M. the ship received several severe jars. At 

 half-past eleven the ice, eighty yards to the westward, opened 

 to a width of ten feet, and after several shocks from the ice, 

 the ship was found to have risen an inch forward. At mid- 

 night there was considerable motion to our surrounding floe, 

 and strong indications of a breaking up of the ice alongside 

 the ship. 



SATURDAY, June 11. Latitude 77 deg. 13 min. 45 sec. 

 north, longitude 155 deg. 46 min. 30 sec. east. 



At ten minutes past 12 A. M. the ice suddenly opened 

 alongside and the ship righted to an even keel. Called all 

 hands at once and brought on the few remaining things on 

 the ice. The ship settled down to her proper bearings near- 

 ly, the draught being 8 feet 11 inches forward and 12 feet 5 

 inches aft. A large block of ice could be seen remaining 

 under the keel. At the first alarm the gate in the water- 

 tight bulkhead forward was closed, but the amount of water 

 coming into the ship was found to decrease a small stream 

 trickling aft beino; all that could be seen. 



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There being many large spaces of water near us, and the 

 ice having a generally broken-up appearance, it was con- 

 cluded to ship the rudder to be ready for an emergency in- 

 volving the moving of the ship. After some trouble in re- 

 moving accumulations of ice around the gudgeons, the 



