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fog & haze until noon- Drifted W.SW. until Eve when ice to lee made us stand off to E. & lay to again. Birds very scarce today. A few murres & snipe and one Pomarine Jaeger.

August 2
Lay too until 4.15 am- when stood on a N.Westerly course water bearing separated & drift cakes of heavy ice at 5.30 am & The mts on Wrangel Id. looming up in fog about 25 miles away to their summits We kept on slowly until last part of am. when a fog shut down & we made fast to a heavy ice cake 15 to 25 ft thick & a mile long & 1/4 mi wide where we lay until nearly 1 PM when the sky lit up a little & we went on until we must have been less than 5 mi from the
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 land but here the fog stopped us again for the Capt. would not enter among the rather heavy but loose & broken up ice in front unless he could see shore & the ice plainer Just as we were passing a heavy drift floe a couple of White Bears were seen upon it one a young one with light fur & about 1/3 grown.
♀ Polar Bear measurements 
L. nose to base of skull 20 in
L. between ears 14 in. around
L. nose to eye 8 in
L. between eyes 6 in
L. Nose to Shoulder 3 ft 4 inches
L. nose to hip 7 ft.
L. nose to tail 8. 4 in
length of forefoot 12 in
width of forefoot 9 in.
L. of hind foot 10 1/2 in.
breadth of hind foot 8 in.
Height of ear 3 3/4
L. of neck 20 inches
Stood upon the top of a hummock & stared curiously at us and sniffed the breeze - a little back & to one side stood a large dingy adult showing evident
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