 They set out on 7 January 1910 from the wreck in a lifeboat to row across the Shelikof Strait, one of the most dangerous bodies of water in the Western Hemisphere.When the men left, the wind was blowing north by northwest, but during the night the wind increased and the group was forced to beach their rowboat at Ursus Cove and remain there until morning.The following morning, 8 January 1910, when the men returned to the water, there was a new northeast wind and a heavy snowstorm.