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once into the ice they never look over their shoulder, 
and we hang on to this ground, supposing it to be the 
most likely for whales. There is as much dour patience 
needed in whaling as in salmon-fishing. There is little 
choice left us what to do. If we try back the road we 
have come, heavy seas and fogs and the swell in the 
pack await us ; land blocks us on the west and south, and 
to the east the sea is a mass of driving bergs and pack-ice 
jamming together. We hope the wind will turn round to 
SAV. again, and give us a chance to get out. 
