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Kursen sattes først i øst-nord-østlig Retning og samme
Dag toges Trawl og Skrabe, samt tre Lodskud. men om
Aftenen begyndte det at kule paa. og 0111 Natten maatte
vi lægge paa Vejret og blev liggende for Storm af VNV.,
Regn og noget Snedrev samt høj Sø til næste Dags Aften
den 28de. da vi loddede og atter styrede øst-nord-østover.
Der arbejdedes nu under stadig Kuling, surt og koldt Vejr
først nordover til Beeren-Eilands Parallelcirkel og derefter
vestover, indtil vi om Aftenen den 3die Juli lik Beeren
Eiland i Sigte, og vi saa da den første Drivis, dog kun
enkelte Flager. Om Formiddagen den 4de Juli ankrede
vi under Beeren-Eiland udenfor den saakaldte Sydhavn,
og landsatte den til den hollandske Expedition med
Skonnerten -’De Willem Barendsz" fra Bergen medtagne Post.
der nedgravedes i Nærheden af Russestuen og merkedes paa
den af den hollandske Konsul opgivne Maade. Samtidig
blev der skudt en Del Fugle og foretaget botaniske og
geologiske Indsamlinger. Højden af Mount Misery
bestemtes ved Vinkelmaalinger. Om Eftermiddagen afgik vi fra
Beeren-Eiland og arbejdede sydvestover for at bestemme
Affaldet af Banken mod Vest. Kl. 51/* Form. den 6te
Juli lik vi 1024 Favne paa 73° 6’ N. Br. og 11° 56’ L.
0. f. Gr., hvorefter Kursen sattes øst-syd-østlig for at
bestemme Affaldet paa en sydligere Bredde. og Kl. 2
Eftermiddag Mandag den 8de Juli ankom vi til Hammerfest:
Fra Tirsdag Morgen til Fredag Aften benyttedes
Tiden til at skrubbe Skibshunden, fylde Kul og Vand,
rengjøre Kjedlen og efterse Maskinen, samt til at tage
magnetiske og astronomiske Observationer, der udførtes paa
Fuglenes i Nærheden af Gradmaalingsstøtten.
Kl. 6 Formiddag den 13de Juli afgik vi i godt Vejr
paa den anden Tur og satte Kursen vestover. Om
Eftermiddagen toges en Misvisningsobservation med Azimuther
Kompasset rundt. Med vest-nord-vestlig Kurs naaedes den
næste Dags Middag vort nordligste Punkt fra det
foregaaende Aar, hvor der toges Lodskud og Bundtemperatur med
4 Thermometre af forskjellig Konstruktion. Herfra sejledes
videre mod Vest-N ord-Vest. under jevnt Arbejde med
Lodskud. Temperaturrækker og Trawl, indtil vi Onsdag Aften
den 17de mødte de første Flager af den grønlandske
Vest-Is og Kl. 101/* maatte vi stoppe for tættere Drivis. Vi
var da paa 73" 10’ N. Br. og 3° 22’ L. V. f. Gr., og
havde saaledes mødt Isen paa en ikke lidet østligere Længde
end paaregnet. Vejret var blevet koldt og taaget med en
stiv Kuling af nordvestlig Vind. Efterat der var taget en
Temperaturrække i Nærheden af Isen, sattes Kursen
nordøstover og senere nordover langs Isen, der snart tabtes af
of the 27th of June we steamed out of the harbour. 011
the morning of the 27th of June, en route for the Barents
Sea, where, according to the Scheme of Work, the
Expedition was now to commence investigations.
Our course lay first east-north-east, and the same day
we dredged and trawled and took three soundings: but in
the evening it came on to blow, and in the night we lay
to. and rode out a gale from the west-north-west, with rain
and snow and a heavy sea. till the evening of the
following day, the 28th; we were then able to sound, after which
we steamed on again, steering as before east-north-east.
We now pushed on, in cold and boisterous weather, first
northward as for as the Beeren Eiland parallel of latitude,
and then westward till, 011 the evening of the 3rd of
July, that island hove in sight, and we passed the first
drift-ice, — however only a few isolated floes. On the
forenoon of the 4th we anchored off South Harbour, as it
is called, and sent ashore the letter-box we had brought
from Bergen for the Dutch Expedition with the schooner
"De Willem Barendszthis we buried near the Russian
Hut. after marking it in the manner indicated by the Dutch
consul. While some of the party were thus engaged, others
roamed about, shooting birds and collecting botanical and
geological specimens. The altitude of Mount Misery was
determined by trignometrical observations. In the afternoon
we left Beeren Eiland, steering south-west to determine
the slope of the bank in a westerly direction. On the 6th
of July. . at 5.30 a.m., we sounded in 1024 fathoms, lat.
73° 6’ N.. long. 11° 56’ E.. after which the course of the
vessel was changed to east-south-east, with the object of
determining the slope farther south; and on Monday the
8th of July, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, the Expedition
arrived at Hammerfest.
From Tuesday morning til Friday evening the time
was occupied with scrubbing the ship’s bottom, taking in
coal and water, cleaning the boilers, and examining the
engine, as also with taking magnetical and astronomical
observations, at Fuglenes, near by the column indicating
the terminus of the Russian-Swedish-Norwegian arc of
meridian.
On the 13th of July, at 6 a.m., we left Hammerfest,
in fine weather, standing west 011 the second excursion of
the cruise. In the afternoon observations were taken to
determine the variation of the compass. Steaming
west-nortli-west. by next day at noon we had reached the most
northerly point of last year’s cruise. Here soundings were
taken, and the bottom-temperature registered with 4
thermometers of different construction. From this point we
continued to steer west-north-west, taking soundings and serial
temperatures and working the trawl, till 011 the evening of
Wednesday the 17th of July we reached the first floes of
the Greenland ice, and at 10.15 p.m. the engines had to
be stopped, owing to the closer packing of the drift-ice.
We were then in lat. 73" 10’ N. and long. 3° 22’ W..
having struck the ice considerably farther east than
anticipated. The weather had now turned cold and foggy, with
a stiff breeze from the north-west. After taking a series
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