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tic ice, in latitude 78^, longitude 3° W., during a 

 severe storm, May 5th 1817. One of these vessels, 

 the Dauntless, after filling with water, floated in an 

 upright position, and was drifted along with the ice 

 towards the south-west. On the 18th of May, 

 while the ship under my command was navigating 

 the recesses of the ice in latitude 75^ 28', longitude 

 10° W., I discovered this vessel still floating, which 

 we found had drifted 182 miles, in a S. W. by S. 

 direction, in thirteen days, being at the rate of four- 

 teen miles a-day. The winds, however, during this 

 period, having prevailed chiefiy from the N., E., and 

 S. E., some of this drift must be attributed to their 

 influence, but not a large proportion, as, on the wind 

 becoming light, and shifting occasionally to a south- 

 erly quarter, the wreck continued to set to the 

 southward ; and before the end of May, was seen in 

 latitude 73° 30'. 



In the same season (1817,) being far immured 

 among ice, near the main western body, we moored 

 to a floe, and maintained our position for four days, 

 during a strong gale of wind from the N. W., N. 

 and N. E. When the storm subsided, we found, 

 that we had drifted along with the ice, sixty miles 

 to the southward, and considerably to the west- 

 ward, at the average rate of near twenty miles per 

 day. Our drift commenced in latitude 78° 34', lon- 

 gitude 2° W. On the 1st of July following, we 

 penetrated the ice in latitude 75'-' 30', as far as the 



