26 ICE-BOUND ON KOLGUEV 



I uuc \$tk. — This could not be considered an eventful 

 daw Not that any day is really uneventful at sea. At 

 any rate, what with taking temperatures, shaping courses, 

 entering the log, and duties of that kind, we found plenty 

 of occupation. But the entries for this day and the next 

 in my diary contain little more than the log, I give 

 them, none the less, in the hope that they may be useful 

 to some future voyager off this coast. 



'a.m. wind SE., strong. Clear, with chequered sky. Shipped a 



good deal of water. Midnight, wind NE., hazy. Heavy sea 



from SE. 

 'Barometer at noon, 29-9, and rising. 

 'Thermometer, 8 a.m., max. 50 , min. 40 . 8 p.m., max. 50 , 



mill. 42°. 

 'Surface-water temperature, 8 a.m., 39° ; 8 p.m., 40°. 

 •Latitude at noon (by observation), 69 32' N. Longitude (by 



chart), 33° 42' E. 

 At 2.30 p.m. were going three-quarter speed, with Kigten Island 



abeam. 



' At 3.45 p.m., because of the heavy sea, we shifted our course from 

 SE. by E. to SE. by S., with Monastery Boint abeam. 



'6 p.m., Cape Tereberskoi abeam. 



' 11 p.m., off Voroni rocks; distant three miles. 



v We have seen to-day as many pomatorrhine as Arctic skuas. 



' A common sandpiper flew round us twice to-day when ten miles 

 distant from land.' 



JYote. — The most trustworthy harbours on this coast (SE. of Var- 

 anger) are — (i.) Novaya Zemblya (69 42' N., 32 6' E), at the 

 north-west end of the Gulf of Motovski. It is land-locked 

 from every wind, and there is a safe course in by mid-channel, 

 (ii.) The east end of Kildin Island— (its NW. point is 69° 24' 

 N., 34° 5' E.). (iii.) Inside Oleni Island— (its centre is 69 

 4' N., 36° 24' E.). (iv.) The Seven Islands, nearer the White 



