11 June. Sunday. Thickly overcast and calm at 9a. Dull day till late afternoon. Mist N.W. breeze began to blow about 4p. and sky cleared of clouds by 7½. Temp, min. 25°; 9a.36°; 10a.40°; 12m.34°; 4h.31°; 8h.29°. At 11 this morning the temp. had dropped back to 36° The warm wave was sudden and short-lived. Started out at noon for walk. Had a little jumping over cracks to do to get ashore at point when lumber is piled. Climbed cliff and walked a long brink to prominent point halfway to Nor-Man's Gulch. Saw some yellow poppies and a new little white flower in addition to the flowers of the scurry grass and willow which have already been noted. Edge of open water seems to be about ¼ mile outside the large bay berg, or 1¾ mi. from the vessel. The bay ice looks discouragingly solid and immovable, except for the pools of water now stretching almost continuously along the ice foot of the north shore of its bay. Outside, there is far more than ice than open water in sight. Waded through lots of soft snow to the top of the hill and observed the same or worse ice conditions extending to the Northwest. Got back to vessel at 4 o'clock after a rather fatiguing walk, but it was far better than the preceding four days confinement on board. 12 June. Monday. Clear and cloudless at 9 a.m. with wind strong (6) from N. or N.E. Clouded over this middle of day but clearer again in latter part of afternoon. Much strong wind at times and vessel rocking a little. But oh how cold it holds! Temp. min 24°; 9a.30°; 12m.31°; 4h.33°; 8h.31° Onboard all day, on account of blistered heel result-ing from yesterday's tramp in rubber moccasins with canvas inside them. Worked on Cluett article and read in "Near Expectations".