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For several minutes the seamen stood aghast , till the floes having accomplished their work , remained at rest . Andrew was the first to speak . `` Lads , '' he said , `` I have seen this sort of thing occur before , and I and all with me reached home in safety , so may we now if we exert ourselves ; may be the boats have escaped , and the provisions and stores may have been thrown up on the ice . I for one am ready to go back to the wreck and see what has been saved . '' Several of the men agreed to accompany Andrew , and they made their way among the masses of ice which strewed the surface . Their search was in part satisfactory . Two of the boats had escaped injury , while their chests and a large portion of the provisions and stores which had been on the upper deck , were found scattered about .