A SUMMER VOYACK TO THh: .\l;( TIC 



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ROUTE OF THE " HOPK " AS FAR AS UMANAK, SHOWING M AClNl- TIC STATIONS 



description, frequently changing even while we were gazing on 

 them. Although the ice impeded the j^rogress of the sliip, it 

 ])roved a blessing in disguise to those who were not good sailors, 

 as it had the effect of destroying the ocean swell. Tlu)usands 

 of Newfoundlanders gather on the Labrador coast each suinnu-r 

 to fish. INIany of their vessels we saw, and at Turnavik. one of 

 their little settlements, we stopi)ed a few hours. 



It was while in the ice off Cape Chudleigh that we first saw- 

 polar b.ears in their native habitat. A large white bear and two 



