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3 Beeren Eiland.
Den 4de Juli 1878 kom Expeditionen tidlig om
Morgenen op under Beeren Eiland. Taagen, som laa over
Øens højere Dele. sprçdte sig efterhaanden, og om
Formiddagen blev Vejret ganske klart. Vi ankrede udenfor
den saakaldte "Russestue", et forfaldet lidet Hus. der dog
tidligere skal have været Bolig for et overvintrende Parti.
Gjennem •’Borgermester-Porten"1 roede vi ind i den lille
Bugt. ved hvis inderste Bred Russestuen ligger. Vi
med-havde fra Bergen en Post til den hollandske Expedition
med Skonnerten "Willem Barendsz," hvilken efter den af
den hollandske Consul meddelte Anvisning nedgroves,
indlagt i en dobbelt Kasse, i Nærheden af Huset. Stedet
merkedes med et Flag, hvorpaa stod malet: "’Vøringen’
til -Willem Barendsz’." Vi havde senere paa Sommeren
den Tilfredsstillelse at erfare, at Hollænderne havde fundet
sin Post.
Vort af stormende Vejr og Modvind forlængede
Ophold i Ø^thavet tillod os ikke at offre mere end en halv
Dag til et Besøg paa Beeren Eiland. Jordbunden bestod
omkring Russestuen af lutter forvitret Sten. en ren
"For-vitringshud," der i Frastand gav Landet et aldeles
"graa-skaldet" Udseende. Om Morgenen toges Skitser af
Beeren-Eilands Sydvestpynt. Billeder af denne lindes i
Beretningerne om de Svenske Spidsbergen-Expeditioner 1861 og 1864.
Da vi vare i Land om Formiddagen, og efter at være
kommen ombord igjen, tog jeg Skitser af Øens højeste
Fjeld, Mount Misery. Fig. 8 er skaaret efter en
Tegning. der er gjort efter disse Skitser. Man ser lier
Beeren-Eilands Sydostpynt til Højre. Udenfor viser sig Drivis,
der kommer fra Nordost. Gjennem Mount Misery gaar
et horizontalt Lag af en ejendommelig fremtrædende
Bergart med. som det synes, verticale Afsondringsflader.
Forsaavidt mon kan domme af Udseendet alene i Frastand,
synes denne Bergart at være den af Nordenskiöld benævnte
Hyperit, ’der forekommer paa aldeles lignende Maade paa
Spidsbergen og hvis Forekomstmaade sees af flere Billeder
i Beretningerne om de Svenske Spidsbergens-Expeditioner.
Højden af Mount Misery’s øverste Top bestemte jeg
paa følgende Maade. Fra et Punkt i Land. hvor der var
oprejst en liden Stenvarde, maalte jeg med Sextant
Vinkelhøjden (0° 50’ 0") af Vøringens Stormast (der efter et
nøjagtigt taget Maal udgjorde 21.39 Meter). Dette giver
en Afstand mellem Stenvarden og Ankerpladsen af 1470
Meter. Ved Stenvarden var Lufttrykket 744.mm0, medens
det ombord, i Havets Niveau var 750.mm7. Luftens
Temperatur var 5° C. Stenvardens Højde over Havet beregnes
herefter til 73 Meter. Endvidere maalte jeg med Sextanten
Vinkelen mellem "Vøringen" og Toppen af Mount Misery
1 Se "Svenska -Expeditionen till Spetsbergen Ar 1S64 ombord
paa ’-Axel Thordsen." under Ledning af A. E. Nordenskiöld". Side 1(>.
3 Beeren Eiland
On the 4th of July, 1878. early in the morning, the
Expedition reached the coast of Beeren Eiland. A thick
fog, which lay over the loftiest parts of the island,
gradually dispersed, and in the course of the forenoon the weather
became quite clear. We anchored off the so-called
"Russian Hut," an old. neglected cabin, which is said, however,
•to have once served as a winter abode for a party of sailors.
Passing through the "Borgermester-Porten"1 (burgomaster’s
gate), we rowed into the small bay at the head of which
stands the Russian Hut. We had with us from Bergen a
bag of letters for the Dutch Expedition with the schooner.
"Willem Barendsz," which, in accordance with directions
given by the Dutch Consul, was now buried near the cabin,
after being laid in a double case. AVe marked the
spot with a flag, on which had been painted the words:
Vøringen’ til -Willem Barendsz’." Later in the season
we had the satisfaction of learning that the Dutch explorers
had found their letters.
The boisterous weather and the succession of contrary
winds that had protracted our cruise in the Barents Sea,
would not admit of our devoting more than half a day to
an excursion on Beeren Eiland. The grouyd in the vicinity
of the Russian Hut consists exclusively of disintegrated
stones, — in the strictest sense a "weathered crust," which
at some distance gives to the land a grey. bald appearance.
In the morning we sketched the south-western promontory
of Beeren Eiland. Views of this headland are given in
the accounts of the Swedish Spitzbergen Expeditions in
1861 and 1864. When on shore in the forenoon, and after
returning to the vessel. I sketched the highest summit of
the island. Mount Misery. The view in Fig. 8 is from
these sketches. To the right, we have the south-eastern
headland of Beeren Eiland. Beyond, is seen drift-ice
bearing clown upon the island from the north-east. Traversing
Mount Misery, we observe a layer of a peculiar
conspicuous rock, having apparently a vertical columnar structure. To
judge from its aspect at a distance, this rock would appear
to be of the kind designated by Nordenskiöld as hvperite.
that occurs under precisely the same conditions on
Spitzbergen. and the structure of which is illustrated in several
of the figures accompanying the accounts of the Swedish
Spitzbergen Expeditions.
The altitude of Mount Misery was determined as
follows. From a point on shore, at which a mound ol’ stones
had been erected. I measured with the sextant the angle
of elevation (0° 50’ 0") of the main mast of the
"Vørin-’ gen," which, according to accurate measurement, had a height
of 21.39 metres. The said angle corresponds to a distance
between the mound and the anchorage of 1470 metres. At
the mound, the barometric pressure was 744."’"’0. whereas
on board (at the level of the sea) it was 750."""7. The
temperature of the air was 5° C. From these data, the
height of the mound above the sea-level was computed at
1 See "Svenska Expeditionen till Spetsbergen Ar 1864 ombord
paa ’Axel Thordsen,’ under Ledning af A. E.. Nordenskiöld," p. I(i.
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