HEUREKA ! 



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was a row of icebergs of different sizes, both large and small, and 

 old polar ice lay pressed close up to them. 



It was our intention to drive straight across the bay and steer 



NORTHERNMOST POINT OF VAKKKRKAP. 



on the farthest northward point in view, but a little way north of 

 the icebergs we entered difficult ice, and as the weather was 

 bad and thick, and our driving day nearly ended, we encamped 

 in the midst of the old ice. 



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