THROUGH HELL GATE. 



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By about twelve o'clock we had crossed from the ice-foot on to 

 the ice, which was now good, and continued our journey north- 

 ward. When we came to the first bay, which we afterwards named 

 ' Renbugten,' or ' Eeindeer Bay,' we found that the pressure-ice had 

 formed a formidable wall along the entire east shore, and we there- 

 fore kept in mid-channel up through the sound. 



As we were approaching some pressure-ice on the north side 

 of the bay, I saw a bearded seal lying on the ice. I pulled up 



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for a moment to tell Fosheim to try and get a shot at it, but said 

 that, if he could not find cover so that he could come within range 

 quickly, without any lengthy stalking, he might let it go; we 

 would not waste time on it. However, in making haste, according 

 to my injunctions, he managed to alarm the seal, which at once 

 took to the water. 



We still found it necessary to keep well away from land, 

 in order to avoid the drift-ice, and camped that evening rather 

 more than two miles north of the point whence the land began 

 to trend to the north-east, and which we afterwards called 



