538 THE GERMAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION. 



the officers and scientific members of the Expedition 

 unanimously agreed with the Captain. 



Steam was got up once more ; but at a pressure of 

 thirty pounds the boiler-pipe leaked again. During the 

 night our bay filled more and more with large floes and 

 blocks, which had broken partly from the land-ice, but 

 also came up from the south, threatening to block us up 

 entirely. 



At ten minutes past three a.m. on the 30th of July, 

 we again steamed southwards. 



