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travellers may be, there is a comparatively short limit to the 

 possible walk from camp^ even in the long twenty-four hours* 

 day of a Lapland summer. In spite of this immense draw- 

 back, useful observations were made by the party. 



The ' Saxon '' returned to Lutni late on the evening of the 

 27th June, and by 1 a.m. of the 28th, camp had been struck 

 and everything was on board. The vessel at once steamed 

 out to sea. In the afternoon we were abreast of Cape Kanin, 

 a low uninviting tundra-land, streaked with patches of snow. 

 Early the next day we sighted the island of Kolguev, and by 

 7 A.M. were abreast of its northern extremity. Shortly after 

 we saw the ice-pack on our starboard quarter stretching south 

 in a solid mass, and resting on the north side of the island. 

 We steamed into thick banks of fog in a heavy and con- 

 fused sea, and hove to for several hours. In the afternoon 

 the fog cleared somewhat, and we steamed to the edge of the 

 pack, our latitude by dead reckoning being 70° N. All 

 throughout the next day, the 30th June, whenever the fog 

 permitted, we continued making northing, keeping close to 

 the ice. This went on till the afternoon of the 1st July. 

 The weather then cleared, a smart breeze coming up from 

 the south-east, and under steam and sail we ran along the 

 pack edge till 12 p.m. A midnight observation placed us in 

 71° 3' N. lat., our approximate longitude being 49° 5' E. 

 The 2nd of July was bright and fine, with a fair and strong 

 breeze from south-east, but the ice was as dense as ever, and 

 lay in an unbroken mass to the north as well as to the east. 

 We had to alter our course to sail round the most north- 

 westerly point of the ice, and in so doing passed through the 

 loose fragments of ice which hung around this projecting 

 point. These lumps were heavy, and we could see their 

 blue tongues wallowing and rolling 20 feet below the sur- 

 face as they tumbled about in the heavy swell. On rounding 

 this point at 6 p.m., great was our joy to see a broad and 

 expansive lead showing to the north-east, and directly in 

 our course for Novaya Zemlya. Steam was got up, every 

 bit of canvas set, and we bowled along with clear water 

 ahead of us. At 11 p.m. the high mountains of Novaya 



