LATITUDE 81 ° 31 ' 41 " N. 
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“We liad passed, during this day’s journey (July 
the 30th), a great deal of light ice, but, for the 
first time, one heavy floe, from two to three miles 
in length, under the lee of which we found the 
most open water. A number of rotges and ivory- 
gulls were seen about the ‘ holes 9 of water, and now 
and then a very small seal. We set out again at 
11*30 A.M., the wind still fresh from the S.W., and 
some snow falling; but it was more than an hour 
before we could get away from the small piece of 
ice on which we slept, the masses beyond being so 
broken up, and so much in motion, that we could 
not at first venture to launch the boats. Our lati¬ 
tude, observed at noon, was 81° 30' 41". After 
crossing several pieces, we at length got into a good 
£ lead 9 of water, four or five miles in length; two or 
three of which, as on the preceding day, occurred 
under the lee of a floe, being the second we had yet 
seen that deserved that name. We then passed 
over four or five small floes, and across the pools of 
water that lay betwixt them. The ice was now less 
broken up, and sometimes tolerably level; but from 
six to eighteen inches of soft snow lay upon it in 
every part, making the travelling very fatiguing, 
and obliging us to make at least two, and some- 
