...Preparation to abandon the vessel is the one thing that gives us the most anxiety. To place boats, &c., on the ice packed ready for use involves the danger...anything. So the only feasible plan is to arrange for sledgep, boats, stores, &c., to be as accessible as possible, and, in the words of De Long, " Stick...

...I'reparation to abandon the vessel is the one thing that gives us the most anxiety. To place boats, &c., on the ice packed ready for use involves the danger...altogether, should a sudden opening occur. If we merely have even-thing handy for heaving over the side, the emergency may be so sudden that we have not time to...