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den i Havet udstikkende Halvø "Ægøen" med sin "Kalv"
(Fig. 2). Mocl Sydost saaes under Taagen Jan Mayens
Syd-Lands Østkyst, med Lagunen og dens Vold. og de frit
staaende af Havet opragende Bergknauser "Lodsbaaden"
og det fjernere -’Fyrtaarnet". Hr. Schiertz’s Billede giver
en udmerket Forestilling om dette Parti. Til Grund for
samme ligger en Skitse taget fra Højderyggen. Da Taagen.
som nævnt, denne Dag dækkede Højderne, ere disse
tilføjede efter de fra Ankerpladsen paa Østsiden et Par Dage
senere tagne Skitser.
Mod Nord kunde ingen fremtrædende Træk i
Landskabet sees under Taageranden. Paa Tilbagevejen til
Landingspladsen fulgte jeg en liden Bæk mellem de to nævnte
Kratere i Syd for Marv Muss Bugten. Den forsvandt i
Sandet førend den naaede Havet. Fra dette Punkt
tegnede jeg Skitsen til Fig. 1. der viser -Fugleberget" fra
Siden, til Venstre af samme Havet, til Højre den vestlige
Lagune.
Samme Formiddag samlede Dr. Danielssen Planter
paa Højderyggen og paa Skraaningen af det større Krater
(Krater Danielssen) i Syd for Landingspladsen. En
Polarræv, der blev opjaget paa Højderyggen eller Ejdet. blev
skudt med Expressrifle af Lieutenant Petersen.
Det rolige Vejr vedvarede 0111 Eftermiddagen, og nye
Excursioner foretoges i Land. Fra Landingspladsen gik
jeg først over den indre og ydre Skraaning af Fuglebergets
Affald mod Sydost, og derpaa tilvenstre i Dalen indenfor
Fugleberget, indtil jeg naaede den vestlige Lagune. For
at komme fra Lagunens sydlige Strand ben til den Tange,
som skiller den fra Havet, maatte jeg passere en Ur af
tildels store skarpkantede Lavablokke, der lier danner
Overfladen af ’’Fuglebergets" mod Lagunen vendende Fod.
Lagunen bar ferskt Vand. Den er saa dyb, at Bund ikke
kunde sees paa en kort.- Afstand fra Stranden.
Tangen, som skiller Lagunen fra Havet, var 200
Skridt (140 Meter) bred. Dens liojeste Ryg laa. efter
Maaling med Aneroidbarometer. 8 å 9 Meter over Havets
Niveau. Lagun vandets Niveau laa 5 å 6 Meter under
Tangens Ryg. eller omtrent 3 Meter højere end Havets
Niveau. Paa Tangen laa megen Ræk ved og mange
Hvirvler og Kjæver af Hval. Der fandt jeg ogsaa et Flotholt,
c. 10 Cm. langt, 7 Cm. bredt. 2 Cm. tykt. af Bark.
Forskjellige Stykker bredbladet Tang laa opskyllede paa
Yderkanten af samme Vold. Dennes Længde ansloges til en
Kvartmil og Lagunens Bredde til henimod det samme.
Der saaes Rækved liggende ogsaa paa Lagunens søndre.
steep declivity, beneath which stretches a broad expanse
of low-lying foreshore, forming the inner boundary of the
long eastern-lagoon. Looking east from the heights above,
I had -before me the "Ægøen" (Egg-Island) peninsula, with
its "calf" — small detached islet (Fig. 2). In the south-west,
we could sight beneath the fog the east coast of the southern
part of Jan Mayen, with the lagoon and its barrier, and,
rising abruptly from the sea. two isolated rocks, "known as
"Lodsbaaden" (the pilot boat) and "Fyrtaarnet" (the
lighthouse). Mr. Schiertz lias given in the plate an excellent
view of this fine coastal scenery, sketched from the ridge
overlooking the sea. The mountain summits having, as
previously remarked, been wrapped in clouds on our
arrival. that part of the picture was filled in from sketches
taken a day or two later from our anchorage on the east
side of the island.
North, no prominent feature of the scenery could be
discerned below the fog. On my way back to the
landing-place. I followed the course of a rivulet between the two
craters south • of Mary Muss Bay. ■ Before reaching the sea,
this little stream was lost in the sand; and here I sketched
the "Fugleberg" — a side-view, to the left f^he ocean,
to the right the western lagoon (Fig. 1).
The same afternoon Dr. Danielssen collected
specimens of the insular flora on the mountain ridge and on
the slope of the great crater (Danielssen’s crater), south of
the landing-place. A polar fox, roused, I believe, among.
the rocks of the mountain ridge, or on the isthmus, was
shot by Lieutenant Petersen with an "Express" rifle.
The weather still continuing fine, further excursions
were made in the afternoon. From the landing-place I
took a south-easterly direction, crossing the south-western
ridge of the Fugleberg, and then, turning to the left, struck
off down the valley on the shore-side of the cliff, till 1
came to "the western lagoon. In making my way from the
south shore of the lagoon to the strip of land stretching
between it and the sea, I had to pass an incline of debris
over part of which were dispersed large, sharp-edged blocks
of lava, that hereabouts form the base of the fowling-cliff
on the side facing the lagoon The water of the lagoon is
fresh, and apparently of considerable depth, since the
bottom could not be discerned at a short distance from shore.
The barrier separating the lagoon from the sea
measures 200 paces (460 feet) across. Its highest ridge,
as determined from observations with the aneroid
barometer. attains an elevation of 28 feet above the level of
,the sea. The surface of the water of the lagoon lies 18
feet lower than the ridge of the barrier^ or about 10 feet
above the level of the sea. On the barrier there was a
good deal of driftwood, along with the vertebrae and jaws
of whales. There, too. I found a float of bark, about 4
inches long. 3 inches broad, and :i i inches thick. Divers
fragments of broad-leafed seaweed had been washed on to
the outer slope of the barrier. The length of the latter
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