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28
(len 23de Juni til Bodø. hvor Provisioner indtoges,, og
Kronometrenes Stand undersøgtes.
Den 25de Juni gik vi til Hopen i Saltenfjorden for
at fylde Vand. og derfra om Natten over Vestfjorden til
Røst. idet der paa Vejen toges en Række Lodskud. Ved
Røst foretoges Deviationsprøve samt magnetiske og
astronomiske Observationer i Land. Det viste sig imidlertid,
at Stedet mod Formodning var uskikket til magnetisk
Basis-Station. idet Declinationen kunde variere -hele 7° paa to
nærliggende Øer.
Om Middagen den 28de gik Expeditionen atter
tilsøs mellem Røst og Værø, og i Løbet af to Dage
oparbejdedes 3 Tversnit mellem Rost og Hadselfjorden, hvor vi
løb ind Lørdagen den 30te Juni. Den paafølgende
Søndag laa Expeditionen til Ankers i Sundet vecl Sortland.
Mandag Morgen gik vi atter tilsøs mellem Langø og Andø,
og fandt Bankens Eg her meget nærmere Land end
tidligere. Om Natten gik vi noget længere ind paa Bauken,
og her tiskedes fra Borde stor Torsk. Lange, Brosme og
Kveite i betydelig Mængde med Haandsnøre. Den næste
Dag, 4de Juli, fortsattes atter Rejsen udover i et længere
Snit indtil 70° N. Br. og (5° 15’ L. 0. f. Gr., paa hvilket
Punkt der arbejdedes hele Dagen clen 5te Juli i 1710
Favnes Dyb med Lodning. Temperaturrække, Skrabe og
Trawl i et usædvanligt roligt og smukt Vejr. Herfra
styredes igjen østover, under stadigt Arbejde paa en Række
Stationer, til Malangenfjorden, hvis Munding passeredes om
Formiddagen Søndag den 8de Juli. Samme Dags Middag
ankrede Expeditionen i Tromsø.
Fra Røst af var taget 45 Lodskud, 5 Skraber, 5
Trawler og 8 Temperaturrækker. Ved denne Lodning
opdagedes, at Atlanterhavs-Dybet eller Ishavsdybet her
trænger ind i Banken, hvorved der dannes en Eg paa lignende
Maade som ved Storeggen udenfor Romsdalskysten. Men
denne nordlige Eg. som blev kaldt •’Vesteraalseggen." har
en ganske anden Udstrækning end Storeggen.
Vesteraalseggen begynder omtrent 15 geogr. Mil retvisende Vest
af Røst og strækker sig herfra nordøstover parallel med
Lofotens Øgruppe i 10 til 11 Miles Afstand fra Land
til Vest af Hadselø, hvor den bøjer mere østover ind mod
Land. Ved Nordpynt af Langø er Kanten af Eggen ikke
mere end 4 g. Mil fra Land. ’Den tager i Nord for
Andenes og i Vest for Kvalø en mere nordlig Retning igjen,
og paa 70l/g Grads Bredde bøjer Isobatherne mere vestover,
idet Affaldet af Banken antager en mere flaa Form.
Ve-steraalseggens Længde er saaledes omtrent 60 g. Mile og
Bunden falder af mod NV. fra 100 til 1400 Favne paa
en Distance af 5 Mil, hvilket, naar Talen ei; om
Havbund. maa kaldes et stærkt Affald. Da de samme Fiske-
6672° N., long. 12° E.). After taking a series of
temperatures in the Vestfjord, the Expedition stood for Bodø,
reaching that place 011 the 23rd .of June. Here we took
in a supply of fresh provisons and got the chronometers
rated.
On the 25tli of June the "Vøringen" steamed up to
Hopen, in the Salten Fjord, a good’place for watering, and
in the night stood across the Vestfjord to Røst, taking by
the way a series of soundings. At Røst the ship was swung
for deviation, and magnetical aiitl astronomical observations
were taken on shore. Contrary to expectation, this place
proved wholly unsuited for a magnetical base-station, the
declination on two adjacent islands varying as much
as 7°.
Oil the 28th, about noon, the ^Expedition again put
to sea, between Røst and Værø, and in the course of
2 days investigated 3 transverse sections, between Røst
and the Hadselfjord. reaching the latter locality on
Saturday the 30th of June. The next day being Sunday, the
•’Vøringen’ lay at anchor in Sortland Sound. On Monday
morning we again put to sea, between Langø and Andø,
and struck the edge of the bank considerably nearer land
than we had done in any other locality. After night-fall
we steamed farther in shore, and took numbers of large
cod. ling, torsk, or tusk, and halibut, fishing with hook
and line from the ship’s side. ()n the day following, the
4th of July, we pursued our outward course to.a point in
lat. .70° N., long. 6° 15’ E.; and; here the Expedition
passed the whole of the 5tb, prosecuting exploratory work at
a depth of 1710 fathoms, - sounding, dredging and
trawling, and taking serial temperatures, in weather remarkably
calm and fair. Again steering east, we kept on steadily,
working at a number of stations, till we reached the
Malangen Fjord, the mouth of which was passed on the
forenoon of Sunday, the 8th of July. The same day,
shortly after 110011, the "Vøringen" dropped her anchor at
Tromsø.
On our course from Røst we took 45 souudiugs, 5
hauls of the dredge. 5 of the trawl, and 8" serial
temperatures. These soundings disclosed an important fact, viz.
in showing that along this line the basin of the Arctic
Ocean cuts deep into the bank, forming an edge, as at
Stor-Eggen. off the coast of Romsdal. But this northern
edge, to which we gave the name of "Vesteraals-Eggen,"
differs widely from the Stor-Eg in extent. The
Vesteraals-Eg commences about 60 miles due west of Røst, stretching
thence in a north-easterly direction, parallel to the Lofoten
Islands, distant 40 or 44 miles from the coast, on to the
west.of Hadselø. where it makes a somewhat easterly
landward bend. At the northern extremity "of Langø, the edge
is not more, than 12 miles from land. North of Andenes
and west of Kvalø, it again takes a more northerly
direction, and in lat. 70° 30’ N. the isobaths bend more to
the west, the slope of the bank being less sudden here.
The length of the Vesteraals-Eg reaches accordingly about
240 miles, and the bottom shelves, in a north-westerly
direction, over a distance of 20 miles, from 100 fathoms
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