192 EJNAR MIKKELSEN. 
The pack-ice consisted of small, but very rough floes. 
On March 23rd a fresh northerly breeze opened up a very large 
pond between floes of the pack-ice extending as far as the horizon, seen 
from the height of 100 metres, and the open water to the south of Shan- 
non Island increased considerably in size. The pack-ice itself seemed 
also more slack than formerly. 
The northerly breezes and gales continued until March 31st, causing 
the land-ice to disappear almost entirely; so no land-ice could be seen 
toward Cape David Gray from an elevation of 100 metres, and no pack- 
ice could be seen within 30° off Bass Rock from the same place. 
The stretch of open water to the east of Cape Philip Broke also 
increased during this windy period, and no ice whatsoever could be seen 
in this direction over an angle of at least 25°. Judging by the ice-blink, 
which frequently was very marked, there was much open water between 
the pack-ice. 
The pack-ice came nearer to land, the openings between the floes 
closed up, and the open water to the east disappeared entirely after 
two days of calm weather. 
The first indication of landwater from Cape Philip Broke north- 
ward appeared on April 19th, but it was very narrow. 
On June 6th the pack-ice was seen from an elevation of 150 metres 
on the NE end of Shannon Island, and much open water was seen between 
the floes in SSE, but at least 10 å 15 miles off land. No landwater was 
visible along the east coast of Shannon Island. The stretch of open 
water between the pack-ice increased and came nearer to the land, and 
on June 11th, five days after it was first seen, it had attained the ap- 
pearance of a continuous lead from beyond the horizon to within 3 a 
4 miles off the coast. The weather had been very fair during the inter- 
vening days with calm or changeable winds, but mostly from the 
north. 
From June 16th to Sept. 19th we remained on Cape Philip Broke, 
awaiting the arrival of a vessel. 
The distribution of ice and water was about the same, as when we 
left the cape in April, the only change being that the land-ice had de- 
creased still more in extent and had only a breadth of about half a mile 
just south of the cape. 
A south-easterly gale was blowing on June 18th, and it scattered 
the pack-ice to such an extent that no ice was visible between Bass 
Rock and a lane SE of Cape Philip Broke. This large area of open 
water tapered down in breadth near Shannon Island, but there was still 
a rather broad landwater from Cape Philip Broke to beyond Cape Pansch. 
The pack-ice itself was quite open. 
Upon this great slackening of the ice there followed a period of 
easterly winds, which once more compressed the mass of ice so that it 
was more compact on June 24th, than it had been at any time during 
