41', were close to the edge of the ice, and not able to stand on any farther.

On the 18th, when the vessels were in the latitude of 70 deg.
44', the ice on the side of them was as compact as a wall, and was judged to be at least ten or twelve feet in height.

Farther to the north, it appeared to be much higher.

Its surface was extremely rugged, and in different places there were seen upon it pools of water.

A prodigious number of sea-horses lay upon the ice; and some of them, on the nineteenth, were procured for food, there being at this time a want of fresh provisions.