PATCH of Ice.--The same as a pack, but of small dimensions.
SAILING-ICE.--Ice of which the masses are so much separated as to
allow a ship to sail among them.
SALLYING a Ship.--The operation of causing her to roll, by the men
running in a body from side to side, so as to relieve her from the
adhesion and friction of the young ice around her.
SLUDGE.--Ice of the consistence of thick honey, offering little
impediment to a ship while in this state, but greatly favouring
the formation of a "bay-floe."
STREAM.--A long and narrow, but generally continuous, collection
of loose ice.
TONGUE.--A mass of ice projecting under water from an iceberg or
floe, and generally distinguishable at a considerable depth of
smooth water. It differs from a "calf" in being fixed to, or a
part of the larger body.
WATER-SKY.--A dark appearance in the sky, indicating "clear water"
in that direction, and forming a striking contrast with the
"blink" over land or ice.
YOUNG-ICE.--Nearly the same as "bay-ice," but generally applied to
ice more recently formed than the latter.
VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE
INTRODUCTION.
Lieutenant Parry was appointed to the command of his majesty's
ship the Hecla, a bomb of 375 tons, on the 16th of January, 1819;
and the Griper, gun brig, 180 tons, commissioned by Lieutenant
Matthew Liddon, was at the same time directed to put herself under
his orders.
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