A FROZEN SUMMER. 399 



July 9th, Friday. — The events of the day may be 

 summed up in a few words. Oar position shows a drift 

 of one mile to S. 24° E. Encouraging, very. We loose 

 sails for the first time in over ten months, and find 

 them just as good as they were the day they were last 

 furled . 



July 10th, Saturday. — A day of almost steady rain 

 and fog, and, to my sensation, more disagreeable in 

 temperature than the coldest weather of winter. The 

 thermometer ranged between 30° and 34.5°, but the 

 dampness and moisture seemed to pierce to the bone 

 and marrow. 



Jidy 11th, Sunday. — I succeeded in establishing our 

 position to-day in latitude 73° 38' N., longitude 177° 

 59' 30" E., showing a drift since the 9th of one and 

 four tenths miles to N. 68° E. This seems to be worse 

 and worse, for at this rate before many days we shall 

 stand absolutely still. It is awfully discouraging to 

 wait a couple of days for a sight of the sun (and hope, 

 meanwhile, that you are drifting in some decent man- 

 ner), and find at last that you have moved a mile. 

 Had the usual Sunday inspection, followed by divine 

 service. 



Since the distilling has ceased we light a wood fire 

 in the galley each evening to boil the tea water. Our 

 empty barrels and boxes have accumulated largely, so 

 we have quite a supply to fall back upon for occasional 

 fires instead of using coal. 



Jidy 13th, Tuesday. — Observations to-day show a 

 drift since yesterday of three and seven tenths miles to 

 N. 13° \y. We seem to be coming up slowly, ice and 

 all, as indicated by the gradual falling of the water- 

 level on our hull. Heeling 5° to starboard still, and 

 that is also slightly increasing. Of course I cannot say 



