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Dybden at være 1343 Favne. Dette Lodskud bar den
særegne Interesse og Betydning, at den Svenske Expedition
med -’Sofia" under Nordenskiöld og von Otter i 1868 fandt
en Dybde af 1350 Favne, altsaa kun 7 Favne niere end
vi. paa et Punkt der ligger kun 2 Kvartmile længere Vest
end vor Station. Resultatet af Lodningen blev derfor
imødeseet med en vis Spænding, der maatte være bevirket
ved Betragtningen af vore to foregaaende Lodskud. men
med den udmerkede Overensstemmelse fulgte Forvisningen
om den svenske Expeditions talrige I)yb-Lodskuds
Sikkerhed og store Betydning for det Endemaal, som vor
Expedition var ude for at søge fremmet. Vi arbejdede
nu videre i Retning mod Isfjordens Munding, bestemte
Bankens Affald mod Ishavsdybet, og gik derpaa
nordover og nordvestover. Sø og Vind var meget
hinder-derlige, saa vi kun gjorde ringe Fart. Om Morgenen
Onsdag den 14de August fik vi atter Is i Sigte. Vi var
da nær den 80de Breddegrad. Efterat have loddet og
trawlet her og længere øst lidt nordenfor 80° Bredde, gik
vi om Morgenen den 45de ind til Norskøerne ved
Spidsbergens Nordvest-Kyst.
Sundet mellem Norskøerne er en god Ankerplads,
men Isflag drev stadig gjennem det med det stærke
Tidvand. og Aftenen før vi kom ind, havde et stort Isflag
brukket Kjettingerne og taget 3 af de her liggende 5
Fangst-fartøjer med sig ud af Sundet. Der var stor Fiskerigdom,
saaledes at 3 Baade med 2 Mand i liver i Løbet af et
Døgn kunde fiske og virke 2200 Torsk. De havde blot
20 Minutters Udroning og fiskede paa 16 Favne Vand.
Paa Grund af Flueaat (Limaciner) havde Fisken imidlertid
her. ligesom ved Beeren Eiland. en meget ubehagelig Smag.
der imidlertid skal forsvinde, naar Fisken saltes og klippes.
Medens -’Vøringen" laa ved Norskøerne, blev
Bunden skrubbet, og der indtoges en Del Ballast, hvortil
deilige i Stranden. var Anledning til at tage Sten. Skibet
to determine the variation of the compass. Then, standing
north-east, we steamed on between the floes, which by this
timé were floating round the vessel, and in the bright
sunshine, with their thousand fantastic shapes, afforded a
striking and beautiful sight. In the afternoon we again
got clear of the ice, and now taking a more northerly
course, had by the 10th, at 3 a.m., reached a point in lat.
77° 50’ X. long. 0° 9: W.. where the depth was found to
be 1640 fathoms. We now steered east, and on the same
day. at 7 p.m.. sounded in 1333 fathoms. A new
dredge-rope having meanwhile been spliced, and other
trawlinggear prepared, the apparatus was sent down. It came
up next morning, at about half-past 9 o’clock, bringing a
rich freight of marine animals, among which were a few
tishes, but with the boom broken through the middle, and
a big stone, as much as a man could lift, .enclosed in the
bag. In the afternoon we sounded again, and now found
the depth to be 1343 fathoms. To this sounding attaches
special interest and importance, since the Swedish
Expedition despatched with the "Sofia" in 1868, under the
direction of Nordenskiöld and von Otter, found a depth
of 1350 fathoms — only 7 fathoms more than we
measured here — at a point but two miles farther west of our
station. The result of the sounding had been awaited with
some little excitement after recording the two foregoing
depths, and the satisfaction felt at the very close
agreement was accompanied by the assurance of the
trustworthiness distinguishing the deep-sea soundings taken on the
Swedish Expedition, and of their great value as adjuncts
in working out the object which the Norwegian Expedition
had been despatched to attain. We now explored farther,
in the direction of the lee Sound, determined the slope of
the bank towards the depths of the Arctic Ocean, and then
stood north and north-west. But the weather was
boisterous — wind and sea — and we made but little progress.
On the morning of Wednesday the 14th of August we
again came in sight of ice. near the 80th parallel of
latitude. After sounding and trawling both at this point and
farther east, a little to the north of 80°. we proceeded on
the morning of the 15th to the Norway Islands, on the
north-western coast of Spitzbergen.
In the sound between the Norway Islands there is
good anchorage, but floes kept drifting through it with the
strong tidal current, and the evening before a large floe,
after breaking the cables, had carried 3 of the 5
fishing-vessels that lay at anchor here out of the sound. The
place abounded in fish: 3 boats — 2 men to each — could
catch and cure in twenty-four hours as many as- 2200 cod.
The row out took only 20 minutes, and the depth on the
fishing-ground did not exceed 16 fathoms. The fish,
however. like those on the shores of Beeren Eiland. being
infested with parasitic animals (Limacinæ), have a rather
disagreeable taste: but this they are said to lose on being
.salted and dried.
Whilst the "Vøringen" lay at anchor at the Norway
Islands, her bottom was scrubbed, and extra ballast taken
in. the beach supplying stones in plenty. The ship had
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