VOYAGE THROUGH THE KARA SEA 



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we passed a couple of small islands, lying a short way 

 from the coast. We had to stop before noon at the 

 northwestern corner of Chelyuskin, on account of the 

 drift-ice which seemed to reach right into the land be- 

 fore us. To judge by the dark air, there was open water 

 again on the other side of an island which lay ahead. 

 We landed and made sure that some straits or fjords 



ON LAND EAST OF CAPE CHELYUSKIN (SEPTEMBER lO, 1893) 



{By Otto Sinding, from a Photograph) 



on the inside of this island, to the south, were quite 

 closed with firm ice ; and in the evening the Fram 

 forced her way through the drift-ice on the outside of 

 it. We steamed and sailed southward along the coast 



