CHAPTER II.

Recruited for the Arctic.--Departure.--Coast of Kamtschatka.-- Copper Island.--Going into the Ice with Captain Crosby.--Gale of Wind.--Dangerous Sailing in the Ice.--Captain Thaddeus. --Bay of the Holy Cross.--Plover Bay.--Dead Whale.--St. Lawrence Bay.--Whales working north.--Loose, floating Ice.-- Ice covered with Walrus.--Fine Weather.--Striking an Iceberg. --Ship leaking.--Return to St. Lawrence Bay.--Damage repaired.--Arrival in the Arctic 43