DE LONG S LOG-BOOK. 



rudder was shipped, and everything cleared away for mak- 

 ing sail. 



As well as could be judged by looking down through the 

 water under the counters there w r as no injury whatever to 

 the afterbody of the ship. As soon as possible a bow line 

 and a quarter line had been got out and the ship secured 

 temporarily to the ice, which remained on the starboard side, 

 as nearly in the same berth as she could be placed. By 

 looking down through the water alongside the stern on the 

 port side one of the iron straps near her forefoot was seen to 

 be sprung off, but otherwise no damage could be detected. 

 It was assumed by me that the heavy ice, which all along 

 bore heavily against the stern, had held the plank ends open 

 on the garboards, and that as soon as the ship was able to 

 move from this heavy ice the wood ends came together 

 again, closing much of the opening and reducing the leak. 

 The water line or rather water level being below the berth 

 deck, no difficulty was anticipated in keeping the ship afloat 

 and navigating her to some port should she ever be liberated 

 from the pack-ice of the Arctic Ocean. 



Sounded in thirty-three fathoms, bottom mud, rapid drift 

 to north-northwest. 



GEORGE W. BELONG, 

 Lieutenant United States Navy, Commanding. 



