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giver et meget vildt Skue. Vi passerede i en Afstand af
21/, Kvartmil.
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glaciers on the north side as they appeared to us. In the
foreground lie prodigious rampart-like masses of debris;
Fig. 5. Nordsidens Bræer. — The Glaciers of the North Coast.
Kl. 9 om Aftenen passerede vi Nordostkap. Vi
kunde nu se Rækken af de stejle Bræer paa Østsiden. Der
var ikke liere end 5 saadanne, som naaede Havfladen.
Deres indbyrdes Beliggenhed bestemte jeg ved at notere
de Øjeblikke efter Uret, da hver af dem observeredes tvers
paa Kursen, der holdtes uforandret og med jevn Fart.
KU. 12,45 Min. om Morgenen ankrede vi i den store
Ræk-ved-Bugt paa 12 Favne Vand, udenfor Lagunen, i Vest
for Ægøen.
Denne Dag, den 31te Juli, bleve vi liggende paa vor
Ankerplads. Taagen- fordelte sig noget, saa noget mere af
Landet blev synligt; men Beerenberg var fremdeles
tilhyllet. Derimod var Solen jevnlig fremme om Formiddagen
og en Del af Eftermiddagen. Da Søgangen hindrede
Landgang, toges Solhøjder fra Skibet.
Om Ettermiddagen forsøgtes Landgang med to Baade,
men Brændingen var for svær til at man turde vove Forsøg
paa at bringe Instrumenter i Land. Vi roede langs Lagiin-
the glaciers, too, are jagged and riven, and discoloured with
dirt; altogether it is a wild scene. We passed at the
distance of two and one-third miles.
By 9 o’clock in the evening we had rounded Cape
North-JSast; and now the series of precipitous glaciers on
the east side of the island came in sight. Only 5 of these
reached to the water’s edge. Their relative position I
determined by noting, watch in hand, the exact moment at
which each was observed abreast of the vessel, keeping
the same course and speed. At 12.45 a.m. we cast
anchor in Great Wood Bay, in 12 fathoms, off the lagoon
lying west of Egg Island.
The rest of the day, July 31st, we passed at our
anchorage. The fog dispersing a little, more could lie seen
of the land; Mount Beerenberg, however, was still wrapped
in clouds. Meanwhile, we had the sun out most of the
fore part of the day, and at intervals in the afternoon.
The swell being too heavy to admit of landing, a series of
solar altitudes was taken from the ship.
In the afternoon two boats put off for the shore; but
there was too much surf to risk landing the instruments.
We rowed along the barrier of the lagoon to Egg Island,
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