THE ADVANCE. 
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BIKB's-EYE view op floe, JUNE 5. 
A. Advance. B. Floe adhering to the Advance. 
R. Rescue. C. Path between brigs before break-up. 
H H. Hummocks. 
The enormous masses of ice, thrust under her stern by 
the action of repeated pressures, had glued themselves 
together so completely, that we remained cradled in a 
mass of ice exceeding twenty-five feet in solid depth. 
Many of these tables were liberated by the swell, and 
rose majestically from their recesses, striking the ship, 
and then escaping above the surface for a moment, 
with a sudden vault. 
"To add to the novelty of our situation, two cracks 
coming together obliquely, met a few yards astern of 
us, cleaving through the heavy ice, and leaving us at- 
