38o ICE-BOUND ON KOLGUEV 



getting clear of the ice at 6 p.m., we shaped a course for Sviatoi Nos 

 (Kanin). 



^th. — Heavy sea. Screw out of order. Reduced to sails. 



6/ 1 //.— Sea less towards evening. Got up a little steam. 



■jf/i. — Anchored off Solombola (Archangel), and made arrangements 

 for repairs. 



St/i to 2yd. — Detained during progress of repairs. 



24//^. — Left Solombola for Kolguev. 



26///. — Foggy. Sighted Kolguev at 1.30 p.m. Tried to land at the 

 Gusina, hut a heavy surf made it impossible. Lay a course again for 

 Novaya Zemblya. 



27///. — At 3.30 p.m. came to anchor in five fathoms off Meshdoshapsk 

 Island. 1 At south-eastern corner of this island are two crosses — very 

 conspicuous. At 8.30 we got up steam, and had out the dredge, taking 

 sea-weeds, shrimps, and small starfish. 



28///. — Anchored in five and a half fathoms some eight or nine miles 

 further up the coast. Here we landed and went to inspect a house that 

 I had noticed from the ship. We found it in good order, with windows 

 of glass. Inside were the remains of a white fox, and outside we found 

 similar remains and a great quantity of reindeer horns. We left in 

 afternoon. The soundings were very uneven. Entered Nechvateva 

 bay on the mainland at 4 p.m. Here we ran on a rock, but, getting 

 off again, let go anchor in nine fathoms, 200 yards off shore, and 

 landed. I saw reindeer tracks and ducks (very wild). The country, 

 which was very hilly and stony, contained several small lakes. 



29th. — Pulled about four miles up the bay, and then landed and 

 walked inland. Saw numerous tracks of deer. This was a country of 

 hills and valleys ; the former stony and rough, the latter swampy and 

 filled with lakes. Ducks were numerous, but they and the geese, of 

 which we saw a few, were very wild. 



30M. — Returned to the island. Saw six deer which I followed, but 

 unsuccessfully. 



1 ' Meshdoshapsk Island is very swampy, with low hills in the middle. It is 

 tilled with lakes. In the northern part deer are numerous. Anchorage good. The 

 drinking water here is good. Careful navigation is most important. In the Kosten 

 Straits the bottom is very uneven. The entrance to Nechvateva bay is dangerous.' 



