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ICE-BOUND ON KOLGUEV 



We had landed just below a big stream, which from 

 our position could be no other than the Kriva River. 

 I was naturally anxious to have a good look at this, which 

 was one of the points visited by Saweljew. And there- 

 fore, while my companion went straight inland, I walked 

 up the coast. But the tide was out. We found only a 

 wide river-mouth all sand, not a rock and scarcely a stone 

 visible, with just a stream of water in the channel, three 



CROSS JUST ABOVE THE KRIVA 

 (From a Photograph by M. W. Powys) 



feet deep or so. On the river sand was the track of a 

 fox. Then we turned south, going gradually inland. 



I had some hopes of reaching the big lake Promoince 

 indicated on the chart ; which would be about nine miles 

 from our assumed position. But of course we travelled 

 very slowly as we were hunting about, and it was not 

 until 8 p.m. that we at last came in sieht of a huee lake. 



We saw it from a little rise, and it could be no other 

 than Promoince ; but what puzzled me was this : — east 

 of it by the chart should be a second large lake between 

 the sandhills and the sea. The position of this we could 



