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550 PHIPPS’S JOURNAL.
we could go no farther, nor even remain there without danger of being belet, 1 fent the
boat on board the Carcafs for her pilots, to hear their opinion ; they both declared that 7
appeared to them impracticable to proceed that way, and that it was probable we thould
foon be befet where we were, and detained there. ‘The ice fet fo faft down, that bet
fore they got on board the Carcafs we were faft. Captain Lutwidge hoilted our boat
up, to prevent her being ftove. We were obliged to heave the fhip through for two
hours, with ice anchors, from each quarter ; nor were we quite out of the ice till mid:
night. ‘This is about the place where moft of the old difcoverers were ftopped. ‘The
people in both fhips being much fatigued, and the Carcafs not able to keep up with us,
without carrying {tudding fails. I fhortened fail as foon as we were quite out, and left
orders to ftand to the northward under an eafy fail: I intended, having failed im this
attempt, to range along the ice to the N. W., in hopes of an opening that way, the
wind being fair, and the weather clear ; refolving, iff found it all folid, to return to
the eaftward, where probably it might by that time be broken up, which the very mild
weather encouraged me to expect.
The eighth, little wind in the morning, and a fwell fetting on the ice, -we were
obliged to get the boats a-head, to tow the fhip clear; which they effected with dif-
ficulty. A breeze fpringing up when we were within two cables lengths of the main
body of theice, {tood in for the land, and tacked at two, to ftand tothe N. W. for
the ice; but the weather coming thick between five and fix, I ftood in again for the
land. It clearing up foon after, I bore away again N. W. for theice. Atten, fpoke
with a Greenland Ship which had juft left the ice all clofe to the N. N. W.. Between
eleven and twelve the wind came to the 5. W., with an heavy fwell, and thick weather,
Double-reefed the topfails, and tacked at twelve, to ftand in for Hacluyt’s Head Land,
not thinking it proper to run in with the faft ice to leeward in thick weather, without
even the probability of an opening ; and propofing, if that weather continued, to com-
plete the fhip’s water, and be ready with the firft wind, off or along the ice, to look out
for an opening and runin. To avoid any inconvenience, which from the experience of
the preceeding day I perceived might happen, from too many running to one place on
any fudden order, I divided the people into gangs under the midfhipmen, and ftationed
them to the ice hooks, poles, crabs, and to go over upon the ice when wanted.
The ninth, having a fair opportunity, and S. W. wind, {tood to the weftward ; in-
tending, when the weather was clear, to make the ice to the northward, and run
along ite About twelve, clearer ; faw the faft ice to the northward, and the appearance
of loofe ice to the N. W.: ftood directly for it, and got amongift it between two and
three ; fteering as much to the northward as the fituation of the ice would permit.
At fix obferved the dip 88° 52’. At half paft feven, found the ice quite faft to the
welt, being in longitude 2° 2’ E., by our reckoning, which was the farthelt to the weft-
ward of Spitfbergen that we got this voyage. Ateight the fog was fo very thick, that
we could neither fee which way to pufh for an opening, nor where the Carcafs was,
though very near us. That we might not rifk parting company with her, I was
obliged to ply to windward under the topfails, tacking every quarter of an hour to keep
in the opening in which we were, and clear of the ice which furrounded us. At fourin
the afternoon we were in 80° 36’.
The tenth, we loft the Carcafs twice in the night from the very thick fog, and were
working all night amongft the ice, making very fhort tacks; the opening being {mall,
and the floating ice very thick about the fhip. The fituation of the people from the very
fatiguing work and wet weather, made the moft minute precaution neceflary for the
prejervation of their health: we now found the advantage of the {pirits which had been
allowed
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