 She was considerably delayed by ice at the Long Strait but on 2 August she was able to enter the Laptev Sea.As she approached the Taymyr coast, "Litke" again encountered ice.By the evening of 11 August, whilst she was manoeuvering among heavy floes, "Litke" spotted the masts and funnels of three trapped ships close to the Komsomolskaya Pravda Islands.