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PHIPPS’S JOURNAL. 549°
covered with fnow, which from the appearance we took to be iflands, and thought that
we had not ftood far enough out; I hauled up immediately to the N.N. W. and was
foon undeceived, finding it to be ice which we could not clear upon that tack; we
tacked immediately, but the wind and fea both fetting directly upon it, we neared it
very faft, and were within little more than a cable’s length of the ice, whilft in ftays.
The wind blowing freth, the fhips would have been in danger on the lee ice, had not
the officers and men been very alert in working the fhip. The ice, as far as we could
then fee, lay nearly E. by N. and W. by S. At half paft feven in the evening, the
fhip running entirely to the Southward, and the weather clearing a little, I tacked, and
{tood for the ice. When I fawit, I bore down to make it plain; at ten the ice lay
from N. W. to eaft, and no opening. Very foggy, and little wind, all day ; but not
cold. Ateleven came ona thick fog. At half paft midnight, heard the furge of the
ice, and hauled the wind to the eaftward.
‘The fixth, clear weather all day, and the wind Eafterly off the ice. In the morning
I ftood in to make the land plain. At fix, was within four miles of the ice, which
bore from E. N. E. to W. N. W.: at ten near Vogel Sang » at noon, latitude obferved
79° 56’ 39’; wind Eafterly. Continued plying to windward between the land and the
ice: was within a quarter of a mile from the ice, which lay from E. N. E. to N. N. W.,
when I tacked at two in the afternoon ; and within half a cable’s length at midnight :
the Carcafs was a great way aftern and to leeward allday. Being fo near the laft ren-
dezvous, I did not chufe to bring to for her, but was very anxious to avail myfelf of
this favourable. opportunity, having the wind off the ice and clear weather, to fee
whether there was any opening to the N.E. of the Head Land. By all the accounts
from the Greenlandmen this year, and particularly the laft account from the Rocking-
ham, as well as from what we had feen ourfelves, the ice appeared to be quite clofe to
the N.W. We had feen it from E.S.E. to°W.N.W. It was probable that the fea,
if open any where, would be fo to the Eaftward, where the Greenlandmen do not often
venture, for fear of being prevented from returning by the ice joining to Spitfbergen.
I determined therefore, fhould the wind continue in the fame quarter next day, to find
whether the ice joined to the land, or was fo detached as to afford me an opportunity
of paffing tothe eaftward. In cafe of the ice being faft I could, with the wind Eafterly,
range clofe along the edge of it to the weftward. The weather exceedingly fine. At
fix/in the afrernoon, the longitude by the watch was 9° 43’ 307 E,
The feventh, at five in the morning the wind was northerly, and the weather remark-
ably clear. Being near the ice I ranged along it. It appeared to be clofe all round ; but I
was in hopes that fome opening might be found to get through toa clear fea to the
Northward. Jran in amongft the {mall ice, and kept as clofe as poflible to the main
body, not to mifs any opening. At noon, Cloven Cliff W. half S. feven leagues. At
one in the afternoon, being {till among{t the loofe ice, I fent the boat to one of the
large pieces to fill water. At four we fhoaled the water very fuddenly to fourteen fa-
thom: the outer part of Cloven Cliff bore W. half N.: Redcliff, S. quarter E. The
loofe ice being open to the E. N. E., we hauled up, and immediately deepened our
water to’ twenty-eight fathom ; muddy ground, with fhells. At half paft four, the ice
fetting very clofe, we ran between two pieces, and having little wind were ftopped.-
The Carcafs being very near, and not anfwering her helm well, was almoft on board of
us. After getting clear of her, we ran to the Eaftward. Winding the pieces increafe
in‘number and fize, and having got to a part lefs crowded with the drift ice, I brought
to, at fix in the evening; to fee whether we could difcover the leaft appearance of an
opening: but it being my own opinion, as well as that of the pilots and officers, that
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