 To save fuel, she moved in a start-stop manner, shutting down her boilers for days on end when ice density or fog forced her to idle.On 18 July "Litke" finally approached "Uritsky" and both ships safely reached Kolyma Inlet on 21 July.Meanwhile, the fleet in Chaun Bay finally unloaded their cargoes and on 16 August, "Litke", along with "Anadyr", sailed to Vladivostok, picking up other stranded ships on their way.