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Kl. 6 var Vejret blevet saavidt roligt, at der kunde tages
et Lodskud paa 1081- Favne, paa 63° 7’ N. Br. 1° 26’ L.
V. f- Gr. og en Skrabe den 5te om Morgenen 10’
nordligere, men en om Aftenen paabegyndt Temperaturrække
maatte afbrydes, da Vind og Sø atter tiltog fra Sydøst.
Den 6te Juli, med Vind fra Syd af indtil 18 Meters
Hastighed pr. Sekund, drev vi langsomt nordover, liggende bi for
Styrbords Halser og sagte forover gaaende Maskine, da ved
Middagstider en Braadsø kom over, som knuste Rækken,
Nedgangskappe og Skylight forud qg slog Fordækket lækt.
Nu sattes Stevnen mod Søerne og for langsomt gaaende
Maskine avanceredes smaat sydover. Den følgende Dags
Aften kunde atter dampes med fuld Fart og Kursen sattes
nu paa Thorshavn, hvor Expeditionen ankrede om
Eftermiddagen den 8de.
Med Assistance fra Land blev her den lidte Søskade
udbedret. Vejret var under Opholdet i Thorshavn uroligt,
tildels stormende, med en Vindhastighed i
Vestenvindsby-gerne af over 20 Meter pr. Sekund. Udflugter gjordes af
Expeditionens Medlemmer, saavel i zoologisk som i
mineralogisk Retning. Paa den ligeoverfor Thorshavn liggende
Naalsø samledes en Del Mineraler. Efterat Skibet igjen
vai- sejlklart, gik vi med Vøringen søndenom Strøinø til
Vestmannahavn paa Øens Vestside for at søge gunstigere
Lejlighed til at gaa tilsøs, men vendte den næste Dag. den
i6de samme Vej tilbage til Thorshavn, hvorfra vi efter et
Par Timers Ophold kunde gaa tilsøs.
Kursen sattes østover ud i Færø-Shetland-Renden og
om Natten toges et Lodskud paa 148 Favne, 15 Mil ØNØ.
for Naalsø. Næste Morgen toges atter et paa 690 Favne
30 Mil fra Naalsø i samme Retning. Kulingen var atter
tiltaget, saa at der ikke kunde skrabes, og om
Eftermiddagen arbejdede Skibet svært i den oprørte Sø. Kursen
holdtes NVtV. og om Aftenen toges et Lodskud paa 204
Favne, 18 Mil i NØ. for Færøerne. Med VNVJig Kurs
og aftagende Kuling holdtes gaaende til Kl. 8 Form. den
18de, til et Punkt 16 Mil retvisende NNØ. for Færøerne,
hvor Dybden fandtes at være 1215 Favne. Her toges
Bundskrabuinger først med Skrabe og derefter med
Trawlnet til om Morgeiien den 19de. Samme Dags Aften
begyndte den 4de Storm, der -varede i noget over 24 Timer.
Mod. sydvestlig til vestsydvestlig Kuling og svær Sø
arbejdedes stadig vestover, i det der den 20de og 21de toges
to Lodskud med Temperaturrækker paa Strøget mellem
Island og Færøerne. Den 22de om Morgenen bedredes Vejret
og vi fik Island i Sigte omtrent ved Portland. Da vi om
Aftenen var rukket indtil tvers al’ Vestmanna-Øerne, lik vi
Taage med tiltagende’ Kuling, og da Barometret viste et
raskt Kald. besluttedes det at søge ind under Heima:ey,
the deep-sea apparatus. The violence of -the wind had .
somewhat abated, but there was a heavy sea, the height of
the waves being 3 metres (10 feet). On the morning of
the 4th.’ at 6 a.m., the weather was sufficiently moderate
to admit of sounding, in 108i fathoms, lat. 63° 7’N., long.
1 0 26’ W., and on the morning of the 5th we took a haul
of the dredge, 10’ farther north; but in the evening it came
on to blow again, from the south-east, with a rapidly rising
sea, so that’ a series of temperatures commenced shortly
before had to be broken off: On the 6th of July, in a
. heavy gale from the south, velocity of the wind 18 metres
a second, we were drifting slowly north, hove to on the
starboard tack, at slow speed, when, about noon, a sea
struck the ship on her starboard bow, carrying away the fore •
bulwark, hatchway, and skylight, and springing the seams of
the deck. The vessel was now put head to wind, and we
steamed slowly south. By the evening of the following
day, we could again run at full speed, and now steered
for the harbour of Thorshavn, where the -’Vøringen"
dropped her anchor on the afternoon of the 8th.
With some assistance from the people of the place,
we succeeded in repairing the damage the ship had sustained
in the gale. During our stay at Thorshavn the weather
was rough and unsettled, at times stormy, the velocity of
the wind during the violent westerly squal’s reaching
20 metres a second. Divers excursions, zoological and
minerological. were made , by the members of the Scientific
Staff. The island of Nolsø. which lies abreast of
Thorshavn, furnished interesting mineral specimens. When the
ship was ready for sea, we proceeded, coursing south of
Strømø. to Vestmannahavn. on the western shore of the
island, there to await a favourable opportunity .of
continuing the cruise, but next day, the 16th, steamed back to
Thorshavn, whence, after an hour or two’s Stay, we resolved
on putting to sea.
Standing east, the "Vøringen" steamed out into the
Færoe-Shetland channel, and in the night a sounding was
taken, in 148 fathoms. 60 miles east-north-east of Nolsø.
Next morning we sounded again, in 690 fathoms. 118 miles
from Nolsø, in the same direction. Meanwhile, the
violence of the gale had again augmented: dredging was out
of the question, and in the afternoon the vessel laboured
heavily in the agitated sea. Our course lay. NW’W..
and in the evening we sounded in 204 fathoms, • 73
miles north-çast of the Færoe’Islands. Steering WNW.,
with the gale abating, we steamed on till the 18th,
8 a.m.. and reached a point 65 miles NNEJ. (true
bearing) of the Færoe Islands, where the depth was found
.to ’be 1215 fathoms. Here we explored the bottom,
first with the dredge and then witlf the trawl, till the
morning of the. 19th. ’On the evening of that day it was
again blowing a gale, the fourth we had encountered, which
lasted something more than 24 hours: Steaming • up against
a strong wind, south-west to west-south-west, and a heavy
sea, the ship was kept steadily on. het westward course.
On the 20th and 21st we sounded twice, and took serial
temperatures in the tract between Iceland and the Færoe
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