The ship was moored bows north.

She had both anchors down forward and two anchors buried astern, to which the stern moorings were attached with seven lengths of wire.

Taking all this into account, it was quite a fair judgment on his part to assume that the ship would be secure here.

The blizzard that took the ship and the ice out of the bay was by no means as severe as others she had weathered.

The accident proves again the uncertainty of conditions in these regions.