23/72 The view was obscured, but we proceeded to the south-east and had gained 24 miles by noon, when three soundings in lat. 22ｰ 48ｴ W.gave 95, 128, and 103 fathoms, with a bottom of sand, pebbles, and mud. Clark got a good haul of biological specimens in the dredge. The 'Endurance' was now close to what appeared to be the barrier, with a heavy pack-ice foot containing numerous bergs frozen in and possibly aground. |