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FARTHEST NORTH 



beautiful sunshine. It looks as if more ice were driv- 

 ing in. 



" Sunday, September 24th. Still coal- shifting. Fog 

 in the morning, which cleared off as the day went on, 

 when we discovered that we were closely surrounded 

 on all sides by tolerably thick ice. Between the iioes 



THE ICE INTO WHICH THE " PRAM WAS FROZEN 

 (SEPTEMBER 25, 1S93) 



[From a rhotograpJt) 



lies slush- ice, which will soon be quite firm. There 

 is an open pool to be seen to the north, but not a 

 large one. From the crow's-nest, with the telescope, we 

 can still descry the sea across the ice to the south. 

 It looks as if we were being shut in. Well, we must 

 e'en bid the ice welcome. A dead region this ; no life 

 in any direction, except a single seal {P/ioca foetida) in 

 the water ; and on the floe beside us we can see a bear- 



