One hopes that we shall not have anything heavy, but I'm afraid there's not much to build upon.

10 P.M .-- We have made good progress throughout the day, but the ice streams thicken as we advance, and on either side of us the pack now appears in considerable fields.

We still pass quantities of bergs, perhaps nearly one-half the number tabular, but the rest worn and fantastic.
The sky has been wonderful, with every form of cloud in every condition of light and shade; the sun has continually appeared through breaks in the cloudy heavens from time to time, brilliantly illuminating some field of pack, some steep-walled berg, or some patch of bluest sea.

So sunlight and shadow have chased each other across our scene.

To-night there is little or no swell--the ship is on an even keel, steady, save for the occasional shocks on striking ice.
It is difficult to express the sense of relief this steadiness gives after our storm-tossed passage.