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cracking and pressing of the icy masses on the high 

 seas. 



The 13 th and part of the 14th we were compelled to 

 keep in the tent, with nothing to read and nothing to do. 

 The thought that our ship lay within seven nautical miles 

 of us, and that the next day was Good Friday, raised our 

 impatience to such a pitch that we finally determined in 

 spite of the drifting snow to make an attempt to reach it. 

 The chart was consulted, our course decided upon, and 

 the tent poles were drawn. The deeper we got into the 

 straits, and the less the wind was influenced by the 

 mountain slopes, the more we had to depend upon the 

 compass ; but at last we trusted entirely to the wind, 

 always keeping the same side of the body against it, as 

 from our long experience we knew that during the whole 

 of a storm the wind never changed its direction. 



Our way now lay along the south coast of Sabine 

 Island; but wishing to avoid the deep snow and the 

 smooth ice which alternated close to the shore, we kept 

 farther out, thereby making a great mistake, for we were 

 walking in a south-easterly direction straight to the open 

 water. A look at the compass, however, soon set us 

 right, and about eight p.m. we were once more on 

 board. 



Good Friday, the 15th, the weather was better. Cope- 

 land employed it, as he was on Sabine Island, in choosing 

 another spot on the Germaniaberg instead of that called 

 No. 4, and also in simplifying the triangle. 



The 16th and 17th were unfavourable. The 18th was 

 a glorious day. Dr. Copeland, accompanied by Mr. 

 Sengstacke, Iversen, and Warkmeister, returned to the 

 tent left on the Huhnerberg. It was completely snowed 



