LABRADOR I3 



Shoal, when the wind shifted to the north-east and fog came into 

 the land. This being long before the days of radar the ship had to 

 look for an anchorage and just found one in a bight at the south 

 end of Kidlialuit. By noon the fog had lifted again, and weighing 

 anchor the ship passed between the Iron Bound Islands and then 

 across between Mokkovik Island and Ulgoklialuit Island. She then 

 stood over to Cape Mokkovik and between the Turnaviks, south 

 of Striped Island and round Tikkerasuk Light and across to 

 Kayaksuatilik, where the passage between the islands and rocks 

 is exceedingly narrow though quite deep. The existing chart was 

 almost unrecognisable, but from here across to Hopedale was 

 nearly a straight run with pack ice visible to seaward. By 7 p.m. 

 the ship was at anchor in Hopedale and the Captain landed to 

 call on the local missionary belonging to the Grenfell Mission. 



At noon on Monday the ship proceeded again northwards for 

 Nain. Close pack ice between Kikkertaksoak Islands and the coast 

 islands prevented the route being taken to Cape Harrigan, so 

 passage was made through the inner sounds and Windy Tickle. 

 Loose pans of ice, some of them very solid, were in all the bays 

 and tickles and the ship was continually under helm to avoid 

 them. 'Tickle' is the name given in these parts to a narrow 

 passage between land, and the scenery coming through them was 

 very beautiful ; high hills streaked with snow and little copses of 

 spruce at the foot of the valleys, bright sunshine with cumulus 

 clouds, and deep blue water flecked with white icepans made an 

 exciting picture. 



On arrival at Cape Harrigan loose pack ice was found from about 

 a mile offshore to the Farmyard Islands but only drift ice inshore, 

 so the Captain hoped to round the cape, but fog came down and 

 the ship had to turn back to find anchorage behind Nunaksaluk 

 Island. 



It was not until 4 o'clock in the afternoon on the following 

 day that the fog lifted sufficiently for the ship to get under way, 

 but at once pack ice was seen almost in to the coast, with a lead 

 of blue water about four miles out. There was a narrow lead 

 between the pack and Cape Harrigan, through which the ship 

 managed to pass, only about 100 yards off the rocks but with a 

 depth of 16 fathoms of water. After passing the cape, however, 

 the course across to Wrecked Boat Island was entirely blocked 



