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var nemlig blevet noget let paa Våndet, navnlig trængte 

 Agterenden til at komme noget dybere. I Løbet af disse 

 Dage gjordes Exkursioner til Landet indenfor Norskøerne. 

 Kl. 4 Fredag Eftermiddag den 16de afgik vi atter 

 fra Norskøerne, tog et Lodskud med Temperaturrække 

 udenfor Hakluyt Head. Spidsbergens Nordvestpynt, og sej- 

 lede derpaa ned igjennem Smeerenberg-Sundet, østenom 

 Amsterdam-Øen og Dansk-Øen, og ud gjennem Syd-Gat, etter 

 det af Beéchey ogFranklin i 1818 optagne Kart. hvoretter 

 vi Kl. 1 •_",_. om Natten ankrede i Magdalena Bay indenfor 

 Halvoen med Begravelsespladsen. Baade i Smeerenberg og 

 i Magdalena Bay er Dalene fyldte med store Isbræer, der gaar 

 lige i Søen, og de fra disse løsbrukne Isstykker fryder om 

 i Sundene og Bugterne. Kl. 9 om Aftenen den 17de lod- 

 dede og trawlede vi i Magdalena Bay, i hvis inderste Del 

 vi fandt den laveste Temperatur i Soen paa hele Expedi- 

 tionen, nemlig — 2° C, ved Bunden paa 61 Favnes Dyb. 

 mellens Dyrelivet sammesteds var meget rigt. ja selv Fiske 

 kom op i Travlen. Fra Magdalena Bay styrede vi mnd 

 Sydvest udenom Prince Charles Foreland. Den 18de tog 

 vi 4 Lodskud og en Trawl, og den 19de var vi om Mor- 

 genen i Isfjordens Munding, hvor der loddedes, toges Tem- 

 peraturrække og trawledes." .Kl. 2 1 / i Efterm. samme Dag 

 gik Expeditionen til Ankers i Adveut Bay paa Is-Fjordens 

 Sydside. Landet her gjør en Undtagelse fra det ovenfor 

 beskrevne Spidsbergenske Islandskab. idet Dalene her er 

 fri for Isbræer. Jeg gik strax igang med at optage et 

 Kart over denne af Spidsbergensfarere meget besøgte Bugt. 

 og medens en Del af Medlemmerne var paa en Udflugt op 

 i Landet, arbejdede jeg hermed, assisteret af Professor 

 Mohn. der maalte Grundlinie, eiikelte Horizontalvinkler og 

 Solhøjder til Polhøjde- og Tidsbesteinmelse. samt Skibsfører 

 Grieg, der udforte Lodninger. Selv maalte jeg de fleste 

 Horizontalvinkler, tog Azimutbestemmelsen. Lodskud og 

 tegnede Kartet. Da de til Kartets Konstruktion nødven- 

 dige Observationer var udførte. lettede vi den 22de om 

 Aftenen, tog en Trawl i Mumlingen af Bugten. og styrede 

 ud af Isfjorden. Det var Meningen den meste Dag at 

 anløbe Bell-Sund, men det blev tyk Taage og Kursen sat- 

 tes da hjem mod Norge. Kl. 12 om Natten mellem den 

 23de og 24de August toges sidsfe Lodskud og Temperatur- 

 række. og Mandag Middag den 2lide August ankredes i 

 Tromsø, hvor vi strax gik i Gang med at fylde Kul og 

 rengjøre Kjedlen. Vi havde da været under Damp uaf- 

 brudt i ;-j(i Døgn, idet vi ikke slukkede af under Opholdet 

 i Advent Bay paa Grund af den lave Temperatur, der 

 gjorde Opvarmning af Arbejdsrummet nødvendigt. 



Kl. 2 Min Morgenen den 29de August afgik vi fra Tromsø 

 og ankom Kl. 10' t Form, den 4de September til Bergen, 



got too high on the water, more especially her sternpart. 

 During our stav here excursions were made to the main- 

 land. 



On Friday the 16th, at 4 oclock in the afternoon. 

 we again left the Norway Islands, took a sounding, along 

 with a serial temperature. off Hakluyt Head. the north- 

 western extremity of Spitzbergen. and theu steamed on 

 through Smeerenberg Sound, east of Amsterdam Island 

 and Danish Island, and out through South i .at. steering 

 by the chart Beechey and Frankliu constructed in 1818. 

 after whicb we proceeded to Magdalena Bay. where the 

 ship dropped her anchor. at 12.30 a.m., east of the pen- 

 insula with the burial-ground. Hoth at Smeerenberg and 

 Magdalena Bay the valleys are filled up with glaciers, 

 projecting into the sea; and fragments of dislocated ice 

 float about in the sounds and bays. At 9 oclock on 

 the evening of the 1 7th we sounded and trawled in Magda- 

 lena Bay. where. in its inner part. was found the lowest 

 temperature registered on the Expedition. viz. — 2" G. at 

 a bottom-depth of (il fathoms. Tkis spot was character- 

 ised by a rich variéty cf animal lite. — nav even tishes 

 came up in the trawl. From Magdalena Bay we steered 

 south-west. rounding Prince Charles Foreland. On the 

 18th we took 4 soundings and a east of the trawl. and 

 on the morning of the 19th bad reached the entrance to 

 Ice Sound, where we sounded. took serial temperatures, and 

 trawled. At half-past two. on the afternoon of the same 

 day. the Expedition anchored in Advent Bay on the south 

 shore of the Ice Sound. The land here forms an excep- 

 tion to the icy region of Spitzbergen described above. no 

 glaciers encumbering the vallies. I immediately prepared 

 to draw up a chart of this bay, so much visited by sealing 

 and tishing vessels, and while part of the Scientific Staff were 

 away on an excursion into the country, con tinued this work. 

 with assistance from Professor Mohn. who measured the 

 base. some of the horizoutal angles and altitudes for 

 determining latitude and time. and from Captain Grieg, who 

 took soundings. Most of the horizontal angles I measured 

 myself: I made. too. azimuth observations. took soundings. 

 and drew the chart. After all the observations required 

 for the construction of the chart bad been tåken, we 

 weighed anchor. on the evening of the 22nd. took a east 

 of the trawl at the entrance to the bay, and steered out 

 of Ice Sound. Our intention bad been on. the tollow- 

 ing day to touch at Bell-Sound; hut a thick fog coming 

 on. we stood direct for Norway. At lnidnight on the 

 23rd of August the last sounding and serial tempera- 

 ture were tåken, and on Monday tlie 26th. about 12 o'clock 

 at uoon. the Expedition reached Tromsø, where we at once 

 commenced taking in water and cleaning the boilers. The 

 vessel bad been under steam tor 30 successive days, the 

 engine-fires having been kept burning during our sta)' at 

 Advent Bay, in order to heat the work-rooms, which the 

 lou temperature prevailing in tbat locality rendered ae- 

 oessary. 



On the 29tb of August, at 2 o'clock in the morning, 

 the Expedition leit Troiuso. and on tlie tbrenoon oi' the 



