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inhabitants had climbed up on the roofs and indicated their 

 astonishment by gesticulations. Both vessels anchored in the 

 neighbourhood of Vaygats Island. But a couple of hours 

 afterwards large masses of ice drove with an altered current into 

 the harbour, forced the Ycrmah from its anchor and carried the 

 vessel into the Kara Sea. It was only with great trouble that it 

 was released from the ice and anchored in the eastern mouth of 

 Yugor Schar. 



On the Ith von Krusenstern again weighed anchor, either 



MICHAEL KONSJANTINOVITSCH SIDOROFF. 



Bora in 1S23 at Arcliangel. 



to sail to the eastward or to search for a more secure anchorage 

 than that which he had been compelled for the time to make 

 use of. But the wind was so light that he could not hold a 

 course independent of the currents. It was, therefore, necessary 

 to moor the vessel to a large ice-field, and with this the 

 Yermah during the following days drifted farther and farther. 

 Soon the vessel was completely enclosed by the ice, and thus 

 rendered unmanageable. The weather was often fine, the 

 thermometer showed + 4°, a strong aerial reflection elevated 



