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ligger Taagen over Havet. I Sundet sees et Par Fartøjer
tilankers. Det er norske Torskefiskere, der lier gjøre et
rigt Fiske. Sluppen er dtn bekjendte -Isbjørn", der i
rocky mount that from west to east exhibits a long rent
or chasm. In the view, we see how the light falls into
this ravine. To the left, rises the island of Vogelsang. Off
Fig. 0. Cloven Cliff.
1871 førte Weyprecht og Payer og i 1872 Grev Wilczek
paa deres Polarfærder til Spidsbergen og Østhavet.
the islands, a dense fog lies over the sea. In the Sound,
one or two vessels are seen riding at anchor. They are
Norwegian ships engaged in the Spitzbergen cod-fishery,
which hereabouts is very productive. One of the vessels is
the’’Isbjørn", the well-known cutter that in 1871 took
Weyprecht and Payer, and in 1872 Count Wilczek on their
exploratory voyages to Spitzbergen and the Barents Sea.
Om Aftenen den lßde August sejlede Expeditionen
ned gjennem Smeerenberg-Sundet, hvor vi saa vort største
Isberg, c. 23 Meter højt, staaende paa Grund der hvor
South-Gat begynder. Vi passerede South-Gat efter det i
1818 af Beechey og Franklin optagne Kart, og ankrede
ved Midnat i Magdalena Bay, indenfor
-’Begravelsespladsen’.
Magdalena Bays storartede Glacialnatur er udmerket
In the evening of the 16th of August, the Expedition
steamed through Smeerenberg Sound, and we had a fine
view of the largest iceberg seen on any of our cruises. It
had grounded in the inner part of South Gåt. Its
elevation was estimated at about 70 feet. We steered through
South Gåt by the chart constructed in 1818 by Beechey
and Franklin, and cast anchor in Magdalena Bay, within
the -’burial ground."
The grand glacial scenery of Magdalena Bay is ad-
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