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tacking northwards towards Klein-Pendiilura. However, 

 we were not able to go far, for we were met by a violent 

 downfall of snow ; tlie wind once more rose to a storm, 

 and we were again compelled to anchor nnder the pro- 

 tection of Klein-Pendulum. In the afternoon another 

 heavy storm broke with hurricane gusts from the moun- 

 tains, the air being thick with snow ; so that we had to 

 ride by both anchors, and were vmable to do any sort of 

 work in the open air. 



The next morning (the 10th of September), as the 

 wind was still blowing hard. Captain Koldewey climbed 

 the hiofhest summit of the island, in order to obtain a 

 ffood look-out over the ice. The air w^as clear ; not a bit 

 of fog, so that on all sides we had a wide prospect, which, 

 unfortunately, showed us that any advance with the ship 

 at this time of the year was impossible. The ice between 

 Shannon and the mainland, and further along the coast 

 towards the north, lay unchangeably solid, exactly the 

 same as on our arrival; and the land-ice in the creek 

 between Shannon and Pendulum islands was only slightly 

 broken. The pack-ice to the east was completely closed 

 up, having large fields which were pressed close to the 

 land under Klein-Pendulum, shutting up the access to 

 the Shannon, under which island, however, there was an 

 open channel. To the east of Shannon Island a small 

 strip of water showed itself now and then, but, most 

 probably, the large fields were revolving in the immediate 

 neighbourhood of the land-ice, preventing any continued 

 sailing, even had we been mad enough to venture between 

 these grinding masses. Along the coast to the south 

 appeared a small strip of open water, and the captain 

 decided upon availing himself of the north wind for 



