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During the first week in October it became very cold;
heavy storms of hail and snow swept over the ship and
made the work on board almost unendurable. On the
6th the ship’s supply of brandy gave out, and, as the
storm from the southwest still continued to rage, Waxel
seriously proposed to return to America and seek a harbor
of refuge, as it would be necessary in a few days, on
account of the number on the sick list, to resign the ship
to the mercy of the waves.
Bering, however, refused to entertain this idea, and
exhorted the crew to make an offering to the church—
the Russians to the church in Petropavlovsk, the
Lutherans to the church in Viborg, Finland, where Bering had
formerly resided.
As elsewhere on this whole voyage, Steller was here
geographically confused, and imagined that they were
sailing in a latitude of 50-53°, while in reality they were
on the 48th parallel, and hence his complaint that the
officers would not sail to this parallel to get a better
breeze, signifies nothing. Müller gives the correct
position of the ship when he says that on the 12th of October
it was in latitude 48° 18′, but he too is wrong when he
states that the weather did not permit them to make an
observation, for just at this time they had fair weather
and sunshine, and on the llth, at noon, determined the
latitude as 48° 15′ and the longitude as 27° east of
Avacha. During the succeeding ten days the weather
was somewhat more favorable. Clear weather, with heavy
frosts, prevailed; some hail and snow fell, but
nevertheless they succeeded in making ten degrees on the
parallel of 49° 30′. The condition on board was getting
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