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chartered, and the Admiral had not the same control 
over them as if they had been Queen's ships, which 
increased his difficulties. 
After crossing the North Atlantic Frobisher again sighted 
Greenland, still supposed to be the Frieslanda of the Zeno 
map, and once more attempted to land. This time he 
was successful. Taking the pinnace, and accompanied by 
Fenton and Christopher Hall, he forced his way through 
the pack ice, and reached a bay where there were Eskimos 
in their kayaks and a summer encampment of tents. 
He intended to continue his discoveries but a dense 
fog came on, and he was obliged to return and attend 
to the needs of the fleet. Frobisher was thus the first 
to land in Greenland since the colony was abandoned 
to its fate by the Norwegians. 
During eight days the ships were crossing the ice- 
laden strait, making for the land of the false gold ore 
which had been visited during the two previous voyages. 
They were in much danger, encountering furious gales 
of wind, amidst icebergs and drifting packs. One day 
there was a violent concussion on board the Salomon, as 
if she had run stem on to an iceberg ; and a whale rose 
under her bows. She was brought up all standing, and 
soon afterwards the whale was seen dead, floating on 
the surface. Another vessel lost her topmasts in a gale, 
but at last land was in sight and they were off Frobisher's 
Strait. The entrance, however, was blocked by the pack. 
The Queen's Foreland and Lock's Island, names given in 
the previous voyages, could be seen over the wide extent 
of ice. 
Frobisher attempted to force his way through. 
Sending the pinnace ahead to seek out leads, he entered 
the pack in the Aid, with the other vessels following in 
line. There were numerous icebergs, and some vessels, 
going very slow, ran against them, but without receiving 
much damage. At last the Aid was stopped by a floe of 
no great width, and men were sent in boats to attempt to 
cut through it. Up to this time the weather had been 
fine, but suddenly a gale of wind sprang up, closed the 
pack between the ships and the open sea, and placed 
them in great danger. Several were closely beset, others 
severely nipped. The Dennis was forced against an 
