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June 17.—Being far in the ice, we only found a 
slight increase. 
June 18.—A second sounding, 50 fathoms deeper 
than yesterday, when sailing among large pieces of 
floe-ice, gave an increasing temperature up to 
48° F. 
June 19.—To-day we had an increase of 7° above 
the surface temperature at 250 fathoms deep, although 
but 10 miles distant from yesterday’s soundings; but 
the ice was more open : probably evaporation occurred 
here, owing to the surface not being so closely covered 
with ice. 
June 20.—The first sounding shows the water to be 
coldest at the ice-foot; the second and third prove the 
increasing temperature, which, as we were somewhat 
more closely packed in the ice, increased more quickly, 
and 39° F. is obtained at 150 fathoms deep. 
June 22.—Here we were more closely packed. The 
surface was a degree colder than yesterday, and the 
water at the ice-foot had also gone down half a degree ; 
but the warm stream below was the same. If we had 
had time to sound at greater depths, the temperature 
of the water would in all probability have been found 
still on the increase. 
June 27.—In this case we have the warm current 
clearly defined at 250 fathoms depth, being kept below 
