Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas His

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The eight day it was very foggie, the winde at North and by East, with Snow and Frost: I stood to the East wards, in hope to get the Easter end of the Ice, and so to Chery Island; and I ranne into a Channel] betweene two firme bankes of Ice, and could finde no way through, but lay in the Ice till the ninth day at a South Sunne. Then I observed, and found the Ship in the altitude 74. Degrees and 17. Minutes, the winde being at North North-west, very faire weather, but frostie.