få 



og Deviations-Observationer med Skibet, og da Vejret nu 

 bavde bedaget sig noget, gjorde Kl. 9 1 /..; D'Hrr. Mohn, 

 Sårs, Friele Tornøe, Schmelck og Grieg Landgang ved 

 Engelsk-Elven og foretog en Exkursion langs Østkysten i 

 nordlig Retning. Imidlertid kom Taagen igjen og blev 

 tættere efterbaanden, og Kl. 3 maatte jeg ankre op nær 

 Land for ikke i den stærke Strøm at komme bort fra 

 Landingspladsen eller støde paa Grund. Kl. 4 Fredag 

 Morgen kom Exkursionspartiet ombord igjen, meliringende 

 F ugle, Forsteninger og Planter. Etterat Banden var op- 

 hejst. forsøgte vi at tiske, og det viste sig. at der stod en 

 Mængde Torsk under Øen. Fra Kl. 5 til 7 droges 200 

 Stykke]-. Stormen vedvarede fremdeles og forst den meste 

 Dags Morgen bedagede den. saa at vi atter kunde sætte 

 Kurs nordover. Samme Dags Ettermiddag naaede vi Sta- 

 tion paa 75" 32' N. Br. og 17" 50' L. 0. f. Gr., hvor vi 

 tik 123 Favne og tog en Travd. Vi oparbejdede nu Par- 

 tiet til Spidsbergen i to mindre Tversnit. forst et mod 

 Vest-Nord-Vest, og derpaa et mod Øst-Nord-Øst og naaede 

 ved Enden af dette Sydkap paa Spidsbergen Mandag den 

 5te August om Ettermiddagen. Da det likeste en frisk 

 Bris af Nordvest, gik vi i Læ paa Østsiden af Sydkap, 

 hvor vi om Aftenen tog en fuldstændig Misvisningsobserva- 

 tion. og gik om Natten op under den store Isbræ, der 

 skyder som et imegtigt Forbjerg ud i Havet. < hn Morge- 

 nen deu 6te skrabede vi i Storfjorden paa 146 Favne, om- 

 sejlede Sydkap og satte deretter Kursen mod Vest. Med 

 Undtagelse af enkelte Isflag, der drev sydover og enkelte 

 mindre Isbjerge i den østlige Horizont var Storfjorden isfri 

 indenfor vor Synskreds. Den Ute og 7de August arbejdede 

 vi paa Snittet vestover og kom i godt Vejr Kl. 9 Etter- 

 middag den 8de atter under Isen paa 76° 26' N. Br. og 

 (i" 29 ; L. V. f. Gr., hvor vi tik 1686 Favnes Dyh. Traw- 

 len blev sat ud. og der arbejdedes med den hele Natten, 

 men den maa sandsynligvis være lileven fyldt med Rulle- 

 stene, da Accumulatoren angav en ellers uforklarlig svær 

 Vægt paa Touget, da Indhivningen begyndte. Fagtet al 

 anvendt Forsigtighed sprang Touget. etterat der var hivet 

 ind 3 Timer. Kl. lu den aæste Dags Formiddag. Spræng- 

 ningen toregik ved en S]ileds. der allerede var 3 Torn inile 

 paa Spillet, og 2160 Favne Toug samt Apparater gik tabt. 

 Vejret var usædvanligt smukt og før vi gik videre, toges 

 en fuldstændig Misvisnings-» >bservation. Vi styrede der- 

 etter uordøstover mellem [sflagene, der nu vare komne 

 rundt om os. og som i det klare Solskin og med sine fan- 

 tastiske Fonner var et lia.ide interessant Og smukt Syn. 

 Om Ettermiddagen kom vi atter ud af Isen og styrede nu 

 niere nordlig Kurs. saaledes at vi Kl. 3 Formiddag den 

 10de vare paa 77" 50' N. lir. og 0° '.»' F. V. f. Gr.. 

 hvor vi loddede 1*640 Favne. Herfra sattes Kursen ost- 

 over. Kl. 7 samme Dags Ettermiddag tik vi 1333 Favne, 

 og da nyt Skrabetoug imidlertid var bleven sammenspledset 

 Og ny Trawl gjort istand. sattes denne ud. Kl. 9 l /« næste 

 Formiddag tik vi den hjem med rig Fangst at' Dyr og 

 deriblandt Fiske, men Bommen var brækket at paa Midten, 

 og der vai' tai stor Sten paa en Mauds Loft i den. Ved 

 det meste Foilskud. der toges Ftt eim iddauen. fandt vi 



course, out of the question; hut as work below could 

 still be done when the motion of the vessel was not too 

 violent. \ve kept her going, under lee of the land. alen: 

 the eastern shore, where the sea continued comparatively 

 tranquil. On Tbursday evening observations were made 

 to determine the variation and deviation of the compass ; 

 and the weather having now begun to moderate. Professors 

 Mohn and Sårs. Mr. Friele. Mr. Tornøe, Mr. Schmelck. 

 and Captain Grieg succeeded in landing, at 9.30 p.m.. elose 

 to the English River, and made an excursion along the east 

 coast in a northerly direction. Meanwhile the fog came 

 on again. getting gradually denser: and at ;! a.m. I bad 

 to anchor close in shore. for fear of drifting away from the 

 landing-place, or running aground, in the strong current. 

 On Friday morning, at 4 a.m.. the exploring party returned. 

 bringing with them specimens of hirds, fossils, and plants. 

 After hoisting up the iioat. we passed an hour or two 

 tishing. and found that cod were abundant off that part of 

 the island. our catch from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. amounting to 

 as many as ten score. It was still* blowing hard. and an- 

 otlier day liad vet to elapse ere the weather became suf- 

 ticiently moderate to admit of our again pursuing a north- 

 ward course. On the afternoon of tbe same day we reached 

 a station in lat. 75" 32' X., long. 17" 50' E.. where we 

 sounded in 123 fathonis. and took a east of the trawl. 

 We now explored the tract stretching trom that point to 

 Spitzbergen, by means of two similier transverse sections. 

 one (the first) extendirig west-north-west, and tbe otber 

 east-nortb-east, and reached at the end of the latter Smith 

 ('ape, the southern extremity of Spitzbergen, on the after- 

 noon of Monday the 5th of August. As it was blowing 

 fresh from the north-west, we ran in shore east of South 

 Cape. where. during the course of the evening. a complete 

 observation was tåken for determining the variation of the 

 compass, and after night-fall we steamed up under the lee 

 of the great glacier that juts out into the sea like a 

 gigantic prombntory. < hi the morning of the 6th we dredged 

 in the Storfjord, at a depth of 146 fathonis. doubled South 

 Cape. and then stood out to sea. steering west. Saving a 

 few isolated floes drifting southward. and several smaller 

 icebergs on the verge of the eastern horizon, the Storfjord 

 was wholly unencumbered with ice. as far as the eve could 

 reach. Tliis and the following day (tbe 7th) were devoted 

 to exploring the section westward, and on the 8th, at St 

 p.m., with the weather tine. we again reached the iee. at a 

 point in lat, 76° 26' N. long. 0° 29' W"., where we found 

 a depth of 1686 fathonis. The trawl was put over and 

 worked tliroughout the whole of the night. hut prohahly 

 liad got a treight of houlders. tbe accuinulator indicåting 

 an otherwise unaccountable strain on the line immediately 

 we began to heave. * hi the following day, at 10a.m., the 

 rope parted, in spite of every precaution tåken to prevent 

 it, after three hours' continuous harding. The rupture oc- 

 curred in a splice, whidh had already passed .". turus on the 

 drums, the apparatus consequently carrying away with 2160 

 fathonis of rope. The weather was magnificent. aud before 

 proceeding on our course, we took a complete observation 



