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the shorej in seven fathoms. Two more wires were taken ashore 
the next day. Young ice was forming around the ship, and 
under the influence of wind and tide this ice began early to put 
severe strains upon the moorings. Stenhouse had the fires drawn 
and the boiler blown down on the 20th, and the engineer reported 
at that time that the bunkers contained still 118 tons of coal. 
The ice broke away between Cape Evans and Cape Barne 
on the 23rd, and pressure around the ship shattered the bay- 
ice and placed heavy strains on the stern moorings. The young 
ice, about four inches thick, went out eventually and left a lead 
along the shore. The ship had set in towards the shore, owing to 
the pressure, and the stern was now in four-and-a-half fathoms. 
Stenhouse tightened the moorings and ran out an extra wire to 
the shore anchor. The nature of the ice movements is illustrated 
by a few extracts from the log : 
March 27, 5 p.m. — Ice broke away from shore and started 
to go out. 8 p.m. — ^light southerly airs ; fine ; ice setting 
out to north-west ; heavy pressure of ice on starboard side 
and great strain on moorings. 10 p.m. — Ice clear of ship. 
" March 28.— New ice forming over bay. 3 a.m. — Ice which 
went out last watch set in towards bay. 5 a.m. — ^Ice coming 
in and overriding newly formed bay-ice ; heavy pressure on 
port side of ship ; wires frozen into ice. 8 a.m. — Calm and 
fine ; new ice setting out of bay. 5 p.m. — ^New ice formed 
since morning cleared from bay except area on port side of 
ship and stretching abeam and ahead for about 200 yds., which 
is held by bights of wire ; new ice forming. 
" March 29, 1.30 p.m. — New ice going out. 2 p.m. — ^Hands 
on floe on port quarter clearing wires ; stern in three fathoms ; 
hauled wires tight, bringing stern more to eastward and in four 
fathoms ; hove in about one fathom of starboard cable, which 
had dragged during lecent pressure. 
April 10, 1.30 p.m. — Ice breaking from shore vmder in- 
fluence of south-east wind. Two starboard quarter wires 
parted ; all bights of stern wires frozen in ice ; chain taking 
weight. 2 p.m.— Ice opened, leaving ice in bay in line from 
Cape to landward of glacier. 8 p.m. — Fresh wind ; ship holding 
ice in bay ; ice in Sound mnd-driven to north-west. 
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