Apr. 1858. OUT OF THE ARCTIC REGIONS. 79 



zero, and the cold was very much felt ; our hawsers were 

 frozen so stir! as to be quite unmanageable, and we 

 were obliged to use the chain cables to warp the ship into 

 safety. 



Throughout yesterday the wind continued extremely strong 

 and keen, — fortunately the ice remained perfectly still : our 

 funnels refused to draw up the smoke ; so that between the 

 suffocation, the cold, and anxiety lest the ice should move, 

 our Easter Monday was sufficiently miserable. The half 

 of our poor dogs were cut off from the ship by the lane, 

 and continued to howl dismally until late, when the new ice 

 over the lane was strong enough to bear them, and they 

 came across to us. 



To-day we have recovered the boats, shot four seals, seen 

 two whales, and much water to the eastward ; we are in 

 latitude 67 18' N., and highly delighted with the rapidity 

 of our southern drift. 



\oth. — Position, 66° 45' N., 58 20' W. Yesterday evening 

 the setting sun rendered visible the western land, probably 

 Cape Dyer. We have drifted 70 miles in the last week, 

 and are only 18 miles from De Haven's position of escape ; 

 but as we are two months earlier, we must expect to be 

 carried farther south. 



Lieutenant De Haven, in command of the United States 

 exploring vessels ' Advance ' and ' Rescue,' having become 

 beset in Wellington Channel on 13th September, 1850, 

 drifted with the ice until set free near this on 5th June, 

 1851. 



\2tJ1. — This morning we drifted ingloriously out of the 

 arctic regions, but with very different feelings from those 

 with which we crossed the arctic circle eight months ago. 

 However, we have not done with them yet ; directly the 

 ice lets us go, we will (D.V.) re-enter the frigid zone, and 

 " try again," with, I trust, better success. 



