The brow apparently rose 20 to 30 ft.higher.

We were forced away from the barrier once for three hours by a line of very heavy pack-ice.
Otherwise there was open water along the edge, with high loose pack to the west and north-west.

We noticed a seal bobbing up and down in an apparent effort to swallow a long silvery fish that projected at least eighteen inches from its mouth.

The noon position was lat.

73ｰ 13ｴ S., long.