380 ICE-BOUND ON KOLGUEV 
getting clear of the ice at 6 p.m., we shaped a course for Sviatoi Nos 
(Kanin). 
5th.—Heavy sea. Screw out of order. Reduced to sails. 
6¢h.—Sea less towards evening. Got up a little steam. 
7th.—Anchored off Solombola (Archangel), and made arrangements 
for repairs. 
8th to 23rd.—Detained during progress of repairs. 
24¢.—Left Solombola for Kolguev. 
26th.—Foggy. Sighted Kolguev at 1.30 P.M. Tried to land at the 
Gusina, but a heavy surf made it impossible. Lay a course again for 
Novaya Zemblya. 
27th.—At 3.30 P.M. came to anchor in five fathoms off Meshdoshapsk 
Island.1 At south-eastern corner of this island are two crosses—very 
conspicuous. At 8.30 we got up steam, and had out the dredge, taking 
sea-weeds, shrimps, and small starfish. 
28¢h.— Anchored in five and a half fathoms some eight or nine miles 
further up the coast. Here we landed and went to inspect a house that 
I had noticed from the ship. We found it in good order, with windows 
of glass. Inside were the remains of a white fox, and outside we found 
similar remains and a great quantity of reindeer horns. We left in 
afternoon. The soundings were very uneven. Entered Nechvateva 
bay on the mainland at 4 p.m. Here we ran on a rock, but, getting 
off again, let go anchor in nine fathoms, 200 yards off shore, and 
landed. I saw reindeer tracks and ducks (very wild). The country, 
which was very hilly and stony, contained several small lakes. 
29t#.—Pulled about four miles up the bay, and then landed and 
walked inland. Saw numerous tracks of deer. This was a country of 
hills and valleys; the former stony and rough, the latter swampy and 
filled with lakes. Ducks were numerous, but they and the geese, of 
which we saw a few, were very wild. 
30¢h.—Returned to the island. Saw six deer which I followed, but 
unsuccessfully. 
1 ¢Meshdoshapsk Island is very swampy, with low hills in the middle. It is 
filled with lakes. In the northern part deer are numerous. Anchorage good. The 
drinking water here is good. Careful] navigation is most important. In the Kosten 
Straits the bottom is very uneven. The entrance to Nechvateva bay is dangerous.’ 
