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solbelyste Top mod den dybe blaa Himmel var et ligesaa
gribende som pragtfuldt Syn. Under Gangen rundt Øens
nordre Del til Rækved-Bugten bestemtes de forskjellige
synlige Pynters og Isbræers Beliggenhed ved Hjelp af
Pejlinger og Vinkelmaalinger med Sextant. Ved Midnat
ankredes i den store Kæk ved-Bugt udenfor Lagunen paa 12
Favne. Vand en god Kvartmil VSV, af Egøen.
Paa denne Ankerplads blev vi liggende den følgende
Dag. Brændingen var for stor til, at vi kunde føre nogen
Instrumenter iland. Skyteppet laa fremdeles over
Beerenberg og over Sydlandets Højder, men Solen trængte oftere
gjennem, saaat der fra Skibsborde kunde faaes en længere
Række Solhøjder. Om Eftermiddagen, efter et frugtesløst
Forsøg paa at komme iland, bestemtes ved Vinkelmaalinger
Retninger og indbyrdes Afstande mellem Here af de
fremtrædende Punkter paa Østsiden og Fugleberget paa
Vestsiden, hvis Top kunde sees over Øens laveste Del. Samme
Dag toges Skitser af de synlige Partier af Øen, og
arbejdedes paa.grundt Vand af Zoologerne.
Onsdag den 1ste August erholdtes atter nogle
Solhøjder fra Ankerpladsen om Formiddagen. Skydækket(
begyndte at løse sig over Øens nordlige Del, men laa
fremdeles tungt over den sydlige. Havets Tilstand var den
samme, som Dagen lør. Vi lettede og stod udover paa
Havet, loddede, tog Temperaturrækker og skrabede paa
den af sort Sand og Ler bestaaende Havbund. Imidlertid
blev Beerenberg efterhaanden befriet for Taagehyllet, og
om Eftermiddagen havde vi Fjeldet ganske klart i hele sin
Udstrækning. Paa Havet havde vi ofte sterke Hvirvelvinde,
og paa Land saa vi dem hvirvle Egøens løse Tufsand højt
i Vejret, et skuffende Billede af en vulkansk Eruption.
Om Åftenen ankredes udenfor Lagunen et Par Kvartmil
i Sydvest for den forrige Ankerplads.
Den 2den August var Brændingerne fremdeles
hinderlige for Landgang. Vi lettede om Formiddagen og stod
østover, ved hvilken Lejlighed Beerenbergs Højde blev
bestemt ved udsejlet Distance og Vinkelmaalinger. Derefter
skrabedes og loddedes, iclet vi atter gik østenom og
nordenom Øen. Beerenberg tilhyllede sig atter i sit
Taage-slør, og vi havde seet den for sidste Gang. Allerede 7
Kvartmil i Nordøst for Nordøstkap fandtes 1040 Favne.
Derefter oploddedes et Snit mod Vest og senere Nordvest,
i hvilket vi fik 1000 Favnes Dyb: i omtrent 28 Kvartmils
Afstand fra Land. Der viste sig heller ikke .her nogen Is
paa Havet, men Luftens Temperatur gik om Natten ned
til 0°.l. Da vi allerede østenfor .Tan Mayen havde
fundet Kuldegrader i Havet i et saa ringe Dyb som 20 Favne,
og saaledes var komne incl i den grønlandske Polarstrøm,
our first glimpse of Beerenberg, with his dazzling,
snow-clad summit, standing boldly out against the deep-blue
northern skv — a truly grand and imposing spectacle. < )n
our course round the northern shores of the island to the
Great Wood-Bay, we determined the position of the glaciers
and headlands then visible, by compass bearings and
observations with the sextant. At midnight we came to anchor
in the Great Wood-Bay. off the lagoon, in 12 fathoms,
upwards of a mile west-south-west of the Egg-crater.
We lav at our anchorage the whole of the following
day. There was too much surf to attempt conveying
any instruments ashore. The canopy of clouds still
extended over Beerenberg and the heights in the southern
part of the island. — though not so dense but that the
sun could occasionally pierce it; and hence we succeeded
from our position on board the ship in obtaining a series
"of altitudes. In the afternoon, having made a fruitless
attempt to land, we determined by trignometrical observations
the bearings of several of the salient points on the east
coast, and their respective distances from the Fugleberg on
the western shore, the summit of that cliff being visible
above the lowest parts of the island. Mr. Schiertz, artist
to the Expedition, made sketches of the scenery then in
view, and our naturalists dredged in shallow water.
On the forenoon of Wednesday the 1st of August we
could again take a few altitudes of the sun. There was
now a rent here and there in the cover of cloud over
the northern parts of the island; but over the southern
it still hung heavily. As on the day before, there was
a considerable swell. Weighing anchor," we stood out to
sea, sounding, taking serial temperatures, and dredging the
bottom, which consisted of black sand and clay. #
Meanwhile, Beerenberg had begun to emerge from under his
misty shroud; and in the afternoon the giant stood forth
in all his grandeur. Off the coast, fierce eddying gusts
(whirlwinds) repeatedly swept the surface of the ocean ; and on
shore, as could be plainly seen from the deck of the
vessel. they whirled high into the air the loose tufaceous sand
of the Egg-crater, presenting a striking resemblance to a
volcanic eruption. In the evening we anchored off the
lagoon, a couple of miles south-west of our last
anchoring-place.
On the 2nd of August the surf still prevented our
landing. Getting under weigh in the forenoon, we stood
eastward, our first work being to measure the altitude
of Beerenberg, by computing from the distance run
and trignometrical observations. We then dredged and
sounded, again coursing east and north of the island.
Beerenberg once more retired within his misty covering, and
we had seen liim for the last time. At no greater distance
than 7 miles north-east of the north-eastern, extremity of
the island, the depth was 1040 fathoms. We then explored
a section bearing west and north-west, in which the depth
reached 1000 fathoms, about 28 miles from land. No
ice was jnet with here, either in the sea; but the
temperature of the atmosphere sank at night to -J-0°.l.
Having observed east of Jan Mayen at the trifling
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