Open Water: May 25-26th

On Saturday evening, the Resolution followed the ‘Burnie’ and another ship to the ENE, as they made progress through the ice. The rest of the fleet followed, and by the morning of the 26th, they had made it into “slacker Ice”:

The James of Liverpool opened a apassage we followed when we reached this water we were from two to 8 or 10 miles a head of several of the Ships which started with us. The Aimwell came up to use soon afterwards. No Ice is here to be seen between us and the land and none to the North except disseminated pieces … Saw no Whales …