Copy of Sir Allen Young's letter to Ypres: Pandora Aug. 24th midnight 1876 Dear Capt. Ypres: On our previous visit here - Aug. 6th 1876 - we were blown off by a gale and drift-ice and have ever since that date been attempting to regain the Cape. A solid track of drift-ice extending from Cape Dumontville on the west shore round to- Cairn Point on the east shore preventing our reaching with- in 10 miles of Cape Isabella. I have tried to get North- ward but have not been able to reach beyond Cape Paterson on this side or Latitude 78° 45' on the east side. On August 6th our landing party were unable to examine the packages and we were thus left in doubt as to whether they were your