VARDO TO KOLGUEV 27 



Sea. (The centre of Karlov, the most western, is 68° 49' N., 

 37° 22' E.). 



'June 14th. — Wind N., fresh. Clear, but with cloudy sky, and 

 appearance of snow falling on the hills at times. 



' Barometer at noon 30*1, and rising. 



'Thermometer, 8 a.m., max. 40°, min. 38°. At midnight 37 . 



'Surface-water, 8 a.m. 38 ; 4 p.m. 37°. Midnight 36°. 



' Latitude at noon (by observation). Longitude (by chart). 



'At 4 a.m. were on an E. course with strong breeze from N., with 

 heavy sea. Then we changed course to E.S.E., and at 8 a.m. 

 were off Sviatoi Nos. By 8.15 p.m. had crossed the head 

 of the White Sea and had Cape Kanin abeam ; distant four 

 miles. From this point we steered E. by S. Log at midnight 

 showed 337 miles.' 



This steady fall in temperature seemed to indicate 

 pretty clearly the presence of ice. How far off it was 

 we could not tell : the men thought a long" way. At 

 any rate we could see no sign of it at present, — no 

 ice-blink — nothing. And it seemed to me wiser to get 

 some sleep now while there was nothing much to be 

 done. So, telling the watch to be sure and call me if 

 anything happened, at a quarter after midnight I turned 

 in. 



June i$tk. — I had. hoped that eight o'clock this morn- 

 ing would see us off the southern point of Kolguev. 

 Very vainly often does man, alas ! propose. 



I scarcely seemed to have been asleep when the slowing 

 of the engines woke up both Powys and myself. Rushing 

 up on deck he reported ice. The following, we heard, 

 had happened. 



