WE ARE FROZEN IN 
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known to Murray, and others, such as coral, which 
we had hardly expected to find in that neighbor¬ 
hood. 
While we were tied up off Lion Reef, I sent out 
a boat to make soundings; the report was so prom¬ 
ising that we started on our way again, on the 
morning of August 12, steaming through the loose 
ice and keeping as near shore as possible. The ice 
moved according to the direction and velocity of the 
wind, to which its irregularities afforded plenty of 
sail-like surfaces. The wind had been northwest, 
keeping the ice packed towards shore; it now veered 
round to the southwest and loosened the ice to the 
northeast, outside of the reef. We steamed along 
through the open water and because the ice near 
the shore was closely packed, we were driven 
farther off shore than I liked. We had to fol¬ 
low the open lanes, however, and go where they 
led. 
About eight p. m. we were stopped by a large, un¬ 
broken sheet of ice. This was very similar to the 
ice which I have seen in Melville Bay on the west 
Greenland coast; it was part of the past season’s 
ice. Seldom over a foot thick, it was honey¬ 
combed with water-holes; the Roosevelt could have 
ploughed her way through it but the Karluk was 
powerless to do so. 
We were now half way across Camden Bay, about 
