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refuge for ships. But when these places are ac- 

 cessible, it is generally necessary to beware of the 

 motions of the ice along the coast ; for, in the lat- 

 ter end of summer or in the course of the autumn, 

 when the ice begins to set in from the southward, 

 it is time to be gone, othenvise ships are in danger 

 of getting blockaded with it during the winter. 

 On the side of Fair Foreland next the main, is a 

 sandy bank^ on which is good anchorage ; also in 

 ICnglish Bay, West Cross Bay, IMagdalena Eny, 

 Smeerenberg, the Norways, Vogel Sang, Love Bay, 

 &c. there are good roadsteads. Fair Haven, con- 

 sistins; of several sounds amons: the islands Ivina; 

 on the north-west corner of Spitzbergen, was sur- 

 veyed in the year 17T3 by Captain Phipps. In 

 one of these soundsj included between Yogel Sang 

 and Cloven Cliff, as well as in the harbour of 

 Smeerenberg, the expedition under Captain Phippj; 

 anchored. The former is represented as a good 

 roadstead, but open from K. E. to N. W. But 

 though exposed to the north v»'ard, the sound of "^o- 

 gel Sang " is not liable to any inconvenience from 

 that circumstance, the main body of the ice lying so 

 near as to prevent any great sea ; nor are ships in 

 any danger from the loose ice setting in, as this 

 road communicates v,ith several others formed by 

 different islands, ]>etv/een all which there are safe 



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