98 FAIR HAVEN. 



tiguous to Cloven Cliff. This position not onl)r 

 afforded an opportunity of watching the state 

 of the ice from the hills more narrowly than 

 could be done from the ships, but possessed the 

 additional advantage of enabling us to do so 

 without incurring the risk of being driven off 

 the coast by northerly winds. The expedition 

 was, in consequence, directed to proceed to Fair 

 Haven, where it anchored on the 28th, in fifteen 

 fathoms water, between Vogel Sang and Cloven 



Cliff. 



This anchorage is entirely free from hidden 

 danger, easy of access, and tolerably well shel- 

 tered from southerly and westerly winds, and 

 the high rolling seas which attend gales from 

 those quarters ; but it is quite open to the 

 north. In consequence of this exposure, the 

 road is liable to be incommoded by pieces of 

 ice, which are occasionally drifted in from that 

 direction ; and some degree of danger is also to 

 be apprehended from the fragments of land- 

 bergs, which are sometimes carried thither i>y 

 the tides. 



All the islands about the anchorage are high 

 and precipitous; but they are, nevertheless, co- 

 vered with lichens, and other rich pasturage for 

 rein-deer, a species of animal so abundant, upon 

 Vogel Sang in particular, that that island alone 



