the power boats, but four cases (119) went adrift and soon disappear- ed behind us - we tried to make Granville Bay, but the gale was too strong for us and we put back to an anchorage near the entrance to Booth Sound, where we lay all night comfortably enough, though drifting spawlers (small ice bergs) gave us some anxiety from time to time. The wind was still very strong the next morning, but we got under way again soon after day- break and skirted the coast nearly to the entrance to Granville Bay. Then directly we pushed out across Western Robson Sound, the way being clear, heading for the west end of Saunders Island, to intercept