The 18 of October the wind blew hard east [and] south-east, and then we fetched our bread out of the scute which we had drawne vp vpon the land, and the wine also, which as then was not much frozen, and yet it had layne sixe weeks therein, and notwithstanding that it had often times frozen very hard. The same day we saw an other beare, and then the sea was so couered ouer with ice that we could see no open water. The 19 of October ye wind blew north-east, and then there was but two men and a boy in the ship, at which time there came a beare that sought forcibly to get into the ship, although the two men shot at her with peeces of wood, [787] and yet she ventured vpon them, [788] whereby they were in an extreame feare; [and] each of them seeking to saue them selues, the two men leapt into the balust, [789] and the boy clomed into the foot mast top [790] to saue their liues; meane time some of our men shot at her with a musket, and then shee ran away. The 20 of October it was calme sunshine weather, and then againe we saw the sea open, [791] at which time we went on bord to fetch the rest of our beere out of the ship, where we found some of the barrels frozen in peeces, and the iron heapes [792] that were vpon the josam barrels [793] were also frozen in peeces. The 21 of October it was calme sunshine wether, and then we had almost fetched all our victuals out of the ship [to the house]. The 22 of October the wind blew coldly and very stiff north-east, with so great a snow that we could not get out of our dores. The 23 of October it was calme weather, and the wind blew north-east. Then we went aboord our ship to see if the rest of our men would come home to the house; but wee feared yt it would blow hard againe, and therefore durst not stirre with the sicke man, but let him ly still that day, for he was very weake. The 24 of October the rest of our men, being 8 persons, came to the house, and drew the sicke man vpon a slead, and then with great labour and paine vve drew our boate [794] home to our house, and turned the bottome thereof vpwards, that when time serued vs (if God saued our liues in the winter time) wee might vse it. And after that perceiuing that the ship lay fast and that there was nothing lesse to be expected then the opening of the water, we put our [kedge-]anchor into the ship againe, because it should not be couered ouer and lost in the snow, that in the spring time [795] we might vse it: for we alwaies trusted in God that hee would deliuer vs from thence towards sommer time either one way or other. Things standing at this point with vs, as the sunne (when wee might see it best and highest) began to be very low, [796] we vsed all the speede we could to fetch all things with sleades out of our ship into our house, not onely meate and drinke but all other necessaries; at which time the winde was north.