Thereafter,Russian hunters were so methodical that by the mid-1800s,few seals were left and the czar was looking for some way to dump the colony.

• 此后，俄国猎人几乎把海豹斩尽杀绝，到19世纪中叶，此地已找不到什么海豹了。沙皇就设法卖掉这块殖民地。