ntirely detached from the shores, very much broken up, and
lighter than they had yet navigated.

Proceeding as usual, taking advantage of every opening, and
sheltering the ships on shore when the ice closed, the Fury, on the
1st of August, was unfortunately pressed by the ice in such a manner,
while she also took the ground, that her main keel, stern-post, and
cutwater were immediately broken, and four pumps were necessary to
keep her free.

It was now evidently impossible to proceed without heaving the Fury
down to repair, her officers and men being in a few days almost
exhausted with excessive fatigue; the men's hands having become so
sore from the constant friction of the ropes, that they could hardly
handle them any longer without the use of mittens.

The shore being a straight and exposed one, the principal difficulty
consisted in securing the ship from the inroads of the ice during the
operation. There was little hopes of discovering a harbour for this
purpose, and the only alternative was to endeavour to make one. This
was done by passing lower cables round grounded masses of ice, and
setting them up to anchors buried on the beach, so as to form a basin
for the reception of the ships.

We have now arrived at the period when the labour of heaving down the
Fury commenced; and, for the better information of the reader, we will
at once lay before him the account of the future proceedings, as
related by Sir Edward Parry.[17]

'The ice remaining quite close, on the 6th every individual in both
ships, with the exception of those at the pumps, was employed in
landing provisions from the Fury, together with the spars, boats, and
everything from off her upper deck. The ice coming in in the
afternoon with a degree of pressure which usually attended a northerly
wind on this coast, twisted the Fury's rudder so forcibly against a
mass of ice lying under her stern, that it was for some hours in great
danger of being damaged, and was, indeed, only saved by the efforts of
Captain Hoppner and his officers, who, without breaking off the men
from their other occupations, themselves worked at the ice-saw.

'On the following day, the ice remaining as before, the work was
continued without intermission, and a great quantity of things landed.
The two carpenters, Messrs. Pulfer and Fiddis, took the Fury's boats
in hand themselves, their men being required as part of our physical
strength in clearing the ship. The armourer was also