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having penetrated into Smith Sound to a position opposite 

 Force ]3ay, where it was stopped by the unbroken pack. 

 Professor Heilprin came ashore immediately after, and intro- 

 duced to me some of his companions. Dr. Cook, who had 



made a vain attempt to reach Ittibki, returned at ten P. M. 

 this evening; he found the gulf impassable owing to the large 

 quantities of loose ice which had been detached from the gla- 

 ciers, and literally choked the basin. 



Thursday, August 4. I have lived through five days more 

 of intense suspense. The Eskimos console me by talking of 



