DRIVING WITH THE ICE ON THE 

 KUREIKA 



CHAPTER XXXII. 



THE BREAK-UP OF THE ICE. 



Weary Waiting for Summer Ravens More Ostiak Neighbours The 

 Ship breaks her Bands of Ice A Hen-harrier Appearance of the Rising 

 River Premature Migration of Geese My Week's Work Old Story of 

 Thaw in the Sun and Frost in the Shade Last Day of May Revolutions 

 in the Ice A Range of Ice Mountains Signs of Summer Arrival of the 

 Common Gull and of the White Wagtail Ice Breaking up An Unpre- 

 pared-for Contingency Dangerous Position Driving along with the Ice 

 Loss of the Ship's Rudder Preparations to Abandon the Ship Babel 

 of Birds We Desert the Ship On Board Again The Thames Steered 

 into the Creek Enormous Pressure of the Ice The Battle of the 

 Yenesei " Calving " of Icebergs The Final March Past. 



THE fifth week of weary watching and waiting for a 

 summer, which some of the sailors began to think would 

 never come, commenced with a cloudy sky and an occa- 

 sional attempt at a snowstorm, the wind chopping about 

 from south-east to south-west. Many geese flew over 

 during the day and hawks were more frequently seen than 



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