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og Deviations-Observationer med Skibet, og da Vejret nu
bavde bedaget sig noget, gjorde Kl. 9l/_> D’Hrr. Mohn.
Sars, Friele. Tornøe, Schmelck og Grieg Landgang ved
Engelsk-Elven og foretog en Exkursion langs Østkysten i
nordlig Retning. Imidlertid kom Taagen igjen og blev
tættere efterhaanden, og Kl. 3 maatte jeg ankre op nær
Land for ikke i den stærke Strøm at komme bort fra
Landingspladsen eller støde paa Grund. Kl. 4 Fredag
Morgen kom Exkursionspartiet ombord igjen, niebringende
Fugle, Forsteninger og Planter. Efterat Baaden var
op-hejst. forsøgte vi at tiske, og det viste sig. at der stod en
Mængde Torsk under Øen. Fra Kl. 5 til 7 droges 2U0
Stykker. Stormen vedvarede fremdeles og først den næste
Dags Morgen bedagede den, saa at vi atter kunde sætte
Kurs nordover. Samme Dags Eftermiddag naaede vi
Station paa 75° 32’ N. Br. og 17° 50’ L. 0. f. Gr., hvor vi
tik 123 Favne og tog en Trawl. Vi oparbejdede nu
Partiet til Spidsbergen i to mindre Tversnit. først et mod
Vest-Nord-Vest, og derpaa et mod Øst-Nord-Øst og naaede
ved Enden af dette Sydkap paa Spidsbergen Mandag den
5te August om Eftermiddagen. Da det blæste en frisk
Bris af Nordvest, gik vi i Læ paa Østsiden af Sydkap,
hvor vi om Aftenen tog en fuldstændig
Misvisningsobserva-tion. og gik om Natten op under den store Isbræ, der
skyder som et mægtigt Forbjerg ud i Havet. Om
Morgenen den 6te skrabede vi i Stortjorden paa 146 Favne,
om-sejlede Sydkap og satte derefter Kursen mod Vest. Med
Undtagelse- af enkelte Istlag. der drev sydover og enkelte
mindre Isbjerge i den østlige Horizont var Storfjorden isfri
indenfor vor Synskreds. Den 6te og 7de August arbejdede
vi paa Snittet vestover og kom i godt Vejr Kl. 9
Eftermiddag den 8de atter under Isen paa 76° 26’ N. Br. og
0° 29’ L V. f. Gr., hvor vi tik 1686 Favnes Dyb.
Trawlen blev sat ud, og der arbejdedes med den hele Natten,
men den maa sandsynligvis være bleven fyldt med
Rullestene. da Accumulatoren angav en ellers uforklarlig svær
Vægt paa Touget. da Indhivningen begyndte. Uagtet al
anvendt Forsigtighed sprang Touget, efterat der var hivet
ind 3 Timer, Kl. 1(J den næste Dags Formiddag.
Sprængningen foregik ved en Spleds, der allerede var 3 Tørn inde
paa Spillet, og 2160 Favne Toug samt Apparater gik tabt.
Vejret var usædvanligt smukt og før vi gik videre, toges
en fuldstændig Misvisnings-Observation. Vi styrede
derefter nordøstover mellem Isflagene, der nu vare komne
rundt om os. og som i det klare Solskin og med sine
fantastiske Former var et baade interessant og smukt Syn.
Om Eftermiddagen kom vi atter ud af Isen og styrede nu
mere nordlig Kurs, saaledes at vi Kl. 3 Formiddag den
10de vare paa 77" 50’ N. Br. og 0° 9’ L. V. f. Gr.,
hvor vi loddede 1640 Favne. Herfra sattes Kursen
ostover. Kl. 7 samme Dags Eftermiddag tik vi 1333 Favne,
og da nyt Skrabetoug imidlertid var bleven sammenspledset
og ny Trawl gjort istand, sattes denne ud. Kl. 9l/._. meste
Formiddag tik vi den hjem med rig Fangst af Dyr og
deriblandt Fiske, men Bommen var brækket af paa Midten,
og der var en stor Sten paa en Mands Løft i den. Ved
det næste Lodskud. eier toges om Eftermiddagen, fandt vi
course, out of the question: but as work below could
still be done when the motion of the vessel was not too
violent, we kept her going, under lee of the land, along
the eastern shore, where the sea continued comparatively
tranquil. On Thursday evening observations were made
to determine the variation and deviation of the compass;
and the weather having now begun to moderate. Professors
Mohn and Sars, Mr. Friele. Mr. Tornøe. Mr. Schmelck,
and Captain Grieg succeeded in landing, at 9."3U p.m., close
to the English River, and made an excursion along the east
coast in a northerly direction. Meanwhile the fog came
on again, getting gradually denser: and at 3 a.m. I had
to anchor close in shore, for fear of drifting away from the
landing-place, or running aground, in the strong current.
On Friday morning, at 4 a.m.. the exploring party returned,
bringing with them specimens of birds, fossils, and plants.
After hoisting up the boat, we passed an hour or two
fishing, and found that cod were abundant off that part of
the island, our catch from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. amounting to
as many as ten score. It was still*blowing hard, and
another day had vet to elapse ere the weather became
sufficiently moderate to admit of our again pursuing a
northward course. On the afternoon of the same day we reached
a station in lat. 75° 32’ N.. long. 17° 50’ E.. where we
sounded in 123 fathoms, and took a cast of the trawl.
We now explored the tract stretching from that point to
Spitzbergen. by means of two smaller transverse sections,
one (the first) extending west-north-west, and the other
east-north-east, and reached at the end of the latter South
Cape, the southern extremity of Spitzbergen, on the
afternoon of Monday the 5th of August. As it was blowing
fresh from the north-west, we ran in shore east of South
Cape, where, during the course of the evening, a complete
observation was taken for determining the variation of the
compass, and after night-fall we steamed up under the lee
of the great glacier that juts out into the sea like a
gigantic promontory. On the morning of the 6th we dredged
in the Storfjord, at a depth of 146 fathoms, doubled South
Cape, and then stood out to sea, steering west. Saving a
few isolated floes drifting southward, and several smaller
icebergs on the verge of the eastern horizon, the Storfjord
was wholly unencumbered with ice, as far as the eye could
reach. This and the following day (the 7th) were devoted
to exploring the section westward, and on the 8th. at 9
p.m., with the weather tine, we again reached the ice, at a
point in lat. 76° 26’ N. long. 0° 29’ W.. where we found
a depth of 1686 fathoms. The trawl was put over and
worked throughout the whole of the night, but probably
had got a freight of boulders, the accumulator indicating
an otherwise unaccountable strain on the line immediately
we began to heave. < )n the following day. at 10 a.m.. the
rope parted, in spite of every precaution taken to prevent
it, after three hours’ continuous hauling. The rupture
occurred in a splice, which had already passed 3 turns on the
drums, the apparatus consequently carrying away with 2160
fathoms of rope. The weather was magnificent, and before
proceeding on our course, we took a complete observation
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