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2. Jan Mayen.
2. Jan Mayen.
I)en 27de Juli 1877. om Aftenen, kom vi. paa Vejen
fra Tromsø til Jan Mayen, incl i Polarstrømmen.
Temperaturen i Havets Overflade, der hele Dagen tidligere havde
været 8° og derover, gik hurtig ned til mellem 4° og 5°
og en Temperatur af 0° fandtes allerede i 17 Favnes Dyb.
Dette var 15 geografiske Mil øst for Jan Mayen. Den
følgende Nat og Formiddag dampede vi. under jevnlig
Lodning. ’ videre vestover og fandt Dybder paa 829.. 968, 796.
1060 og, Kl. 1 Eftm. den 28de, 654 Favne. Endnu viste
Jan Maven sig ikke. Med det kolde Vand havde
Polarhavets Taage indfundet sig og taget hort saavel Solen som
al Udsigt til Land. Imidlertid tydede, foruden Dybdens
Aftagen, den stadig tiltagende Mængde af Søfugl, navnlig
Lunder, som saaes flyvende østover, paa at Landet ikke
kunde være langt borte. Med Kursen fremdeles ret mod
Vest dampedes fra Pladsen for det sidste Lodskud videre
Kl. 1.40 Min. Kl. 2 • hørtes pludselig første Styrmands
Raab "Jeg ser Isbræen forud". Farten standsedes. Loddet
kastedes og viste en Dybde af 144 Favne. I Horizonten,
under den lavt liggende Taage, skimtedes en vældig
ned-overhængende Isbræ mod den mørke Fjeldvæg. Det var
Østsiden af Jan Maven. Med Loddet i Bund bleve vi
liggende paa samme Plads et Par Timers Tid. Taage! lettede
noget, og vi kunde se nordover til Ostkap og sydover til
Sydostkap. Vi laa ligeudenfor den sydligste af Østsidens
fem store Isbræer (Petersens Bræ). Afstanden fra Land
bestemtes, ved Ekkoet af et Kanonskud. 110/4 Mellemtid)
til en liden Kvartmil (1750 Meter).
Da Søgangen kom fra Nordnordost og der saaes
Brændinger paa Stranden, besluttedes det at søge en Ankerplads
paa den anden Side af Øen. Vi tog da Loddet ind og dampede
nordover. Vejret holdt sig fremdeles taaget, og i det
Øjeblik. vi vare naaede til tvers af Xordostkap. lagde Taagen
sig saa tæt over Havet, at Landet og Horizonten blev taget
ganske bort. Kursen sattes en Stund senere mod Vest.
derpaa mod Syd og endelig mod Sydost. Taagen holdt sig
hele .Tiden over Havet og hindrede al Udsigt. Med korte
Tidsmellemrum observeredes Havoverfladens Temperatur
som et muligt Varsel om Is i Nærheden. Vi fandt jevnlig
over 3°. dg ikke lavere end 2.°3. Da vi Kl. 7 om Aftenen
efter Bestikket nærmede . os. Mary Muss Bugten, begyndte
vi at lodde, og fortsatte hermed under Farten ind mod det
usynlige Land. for paa denne Maade at finde en
Ankerplads, til Kl. 10. Kl. 10»/2 begyndte imidlertid heldigvis
Taagen at løfte sig. saaat de nedre Dele af Landet bleve
synlige. Vi kunde nu orientere os og vælge vor
Ankerplads, og Kl. 11 faldt Vøringens Anker i Mary Muss
Bugten paa 20 Favne Vand. en god halv Kvartmil fra
Stranden.
In the evening of the 27th of July, 1877. on our
passage from Tromsø to Jan Mayen, we entered the Polar
current. The temperature at the surface of the sea. which
throughout the day had not been lower than 8°, sank
rapidly to between 4" and 5°. and 0° was registered at a
depth of 17 fathoms, the position of the ship being then 60
miles east of Jan Mayen. During the night and the
forenoon of the following day we steamed on westward, sounding,
repeatedly, and found the depth to be successively 829,
968. 796. 1060. and. at 1 p. m. on the 28th. 654 fathoms.
Still, nothing was to be seen of Jan Mayen. With the
frigid -water had come the Arctic fog, shrouding both the
sun and the laud. . Meanwhile, divers species of sea-birds,
more especially puffins, seen flying eastward in steadily
increasing numbers, could not fail to announce, apart from
the observed decrease in depth, our comparative proximity
to the island Steering due’ west as before, we steamed on
from where the last sounding had been taken (1.40 p.m.),
and at 2 p. m. we suddenly heard the first mate shout
•’Glacier ahead!" The ship’s way was immediately deadened,
and on heaving the lead, the depth was found to be 144 fathoms.
On the horizon, under the low-lying fog, could be descried
against the dark mountain-wall a huge, beetling glacier.
It was the eastern shore of Jan Mayen. With the lead
at the bottom, we remained in the same spot for a couple
of hours, .when the fog began to clear a little, and looking
northward, we could sight Cape East, southward. Cape
South-East. The vessel lay right off the most southerly of
the 5 large glaciers (Petersen’s glacier) on the east coast
of Jan Mayen. The distance from land was determined
by the echo of a cannon-shot (interval 10.’’4), and found
to be something under a mile (5742 feet).
The swell coming from the north-north-east, and
observing the sea breaking on the shore, we determined to seek a
sheltered anchorage on the other side of the island. The lead
was accordingly hoisted in. and we steamed northward. The
weather still continued thick: and just as the vessel had
got. abreast of Cape North-East, the fog became all at once
so dense that nothing coulcl be seen of the land and the
horizon. Shortly after, the course was set west, then
south, and finally south-east. Meanwhile, there was no"
break in the fog. Avhich still hung over the sea, excluding
the prospect on every side. At brief intervals we noted
the temperature of the surface-water, as a possible indication
of the proximity of ice. This was generally found to be
3°. and in no case under 2.°3. At 7 p. m.. as, according
to our reckoning, we were approaching Mary Muss Bay.
we heaved the lead, and continued sounding till 10 o’clock,
as we bore down on the fog-shrouded coast to find anchorage
for the ship. Fortunately, however, at half-past ten the dense
mist began to rise, disclosing the lower parts of the land.
We could now look about us and choose our anchorage;
and at 11 o’clock, the "Vøringen" dropped her anchor’in
Mary Muss Bay, in 20 fathoms of water, a little more than
half a mile from the shore.
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