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Kursen sattes forst i øst-nord-østlig' Retning og samme 

 Dag toges Trawl og Skrabe. samt tre Lodskud, men om 

 Aftenen begyndte det at kule paa, og om Natten maatte 

 vi lægge paa Vejret og blev liggende for Storm af VNV., 

 Regn og noget Snedrev samt høj Sø til meste Dags Aften 

 den 28de. da vi loddede og atter styrede øst-nord-østover. 

 Der arbejdedes nu under stadig Kuling, surt og koldt Vejr 

 først nordover til Beeren-Eilands Parallelcirkel og deretter 

 vestover, indtil vi om Aftenen den 3die Juli tik Beeren 

 Eiland i Sigte. og vi saa da den første Drivis, dog kun 

 enkelte Flager. Om Formiddagen den 4de Juli ankrede 

 vi under Beeren-Eiland udenfor den saakaldte Sydbavn, 

 og landsatte den til den hollandske Expedition med Skon- 

 nerten "De Willem Barendsz" fra Bergen medtagne Post. 

 der nedgravedes i Nærheden af Russestuen og merkedes paa 

 den af den hollandske Konsul opgivne Maade. Samtidig 

 blev der skudt en Del Fugle og foretaget botaniske og 

 geologiske Iudsamlinger. Højden af Mouut Misery bestem- 

 tes ved Yinkelmaalinger. Om Ettermiddagen afgik vi fra 

 Beeren-Eiland og arbejdede sydvestover for at bestemme 

 Affaldet af Banken mod Vest. Kl. 5 1 /,. Form. den 6te 

 Juli tik vi L024 Favne paa 73" 6' N. Br. og 11° 56' L. 

 0. f. (ir., hvoretter Kursen sattes øst-syd-østlig for at be- 

 stemme Affaldet paa en sydligere Bredde, og Kl. 2 Etter- 

 middag Mandag den 8de Juli ankom vi til Hammerfest; 



Fra Tirsdag Morgen til Fredag Aften benyttedes Ti- 

 den til at skrubbe Skibsbundeu. fylde Kul og Vand, ren- 

 gjøre Kjedlen og etterse Maskinen, samt til at tåge mag- 

 netiske og astronomiske Observationer. der udførtes paa 

 Fuglenes i Nærheden af Gradmaalingsstøtten. 



Kl. 6 Formiddag den 13de Juli afgik vi i godt Vejr 

 paa den anden Tur og satte Kursen vestover. Om Efter- 

 middagen toges en Misvisningsobservation med Azimuther 

 Kompasset rundt. Med vest-nord-vestlig Kurs naaedes den 

 næste Dags Middag vort nordligste Punkt fra det foregaa- 

 ende Aar. hvor der toges Lodskud og Bundtemperatur med 

 4 Thermometre af forskjellig Konstruktion. Herfra sej ledes 

 videre mod Vest-Nord-Vest. under jevnt Arbejde med Lod- 

 skud. Temperaturrækker og Trawl. indtil vi Onsdag Alten 

 den 17de modte de første Plager at' den grønlandske Vest- 

 is og Kl. IQ 1 1 1 maatte vi stoppe for tættei'e Drivis. Vi 

 var da paa 73" 10' N. Br. og 3° 22' L. V. f. Gr., og 

 havde saaledes modt Isen paa en ikke lidet østligere Længde 

 end paaregnet. Vejret var blevet koldt og taa.net med en 

 stiv Kuling af nordvestlig Vind; Efterat der var tåget en 

 Temperaturrække i Nærheden af Isen. sattes Kursen nord- 

 østover Og senere nordover langs Isen. der snart tabtes af 



of the 27th of June we steamed out of the harbour. on 

 the morning of the 27th of June. en route for the Barentz 

 Sea. where. according to the Scheme of Work. the Expedi- 

 tion was nov to commence investigations. 



Our course lay first east-north-east, and the same day 

 we dredged and trawled and took three soundings; but in 

 the evening it came on to blow. aud in the night we lay 

 to. and rode out a gale from the west-north-west. with rain 

 and snow and a heavy sea. till the evening of the follow- 

 ing day, the 28th ; we were then able to sound, after which 

 we steamed on again. steering as before east-north-east. 

 We now pushed on. in cold and boisterous weather. first 

 northward as for as the Beeren Eiland parallel of latitude. 

 and then westward till, on the evening of the ord of 

 July. that island hove in sight. and we passed the first 

 drift-ice. — however only a few isolated tloes. On the 

 forenoon of the 4th we anchored off South Harbour. as it 

 is called, and sent ashore the letter-box we had brought 

 from Bergen for the Dutch Expedition with the schooner 

 "De Willem Barendsz ;" this we buried near the Russian 

 Hut. after marking it in the manner indicated by the Dutch 

 consul. While some of the party were tims engaged. otbers 

 roamed about. shooting birds and collecting botanical and 

 geological specimens. The altitude of Mount Misery was de- 

 termined by trignometrical observations. ln the afternoon 

 we left Beeren Eiland, steering south-west to determine 

 the slope of the bank in a westerly direction. On the 6th 

 of July. .at 5.30 a.m., we sounded in 1024 fathoms. lat. 

 73° 6' N., long. 11" 56' E.. after which the course of the 

 vessel was changed to east-south-east. with the object of 

 determining the slope farther south ; and on Monday the 

 8th of July, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. the Expedition 

 arrived at Hammerfest. 



From Tuesday morning til Friday evening the time 

 was occupied with scrubbing the ship's bottom, taking in 

 coal and water, cleaning the boilers. aud examining the 

 engine, as also with taking magnetical and astronomical 

 observations. at Fuglenes, near by the column indicating 

 the terminus of the Russian -Swedish- Norwegian are of 

 meridian. 



On the 13th of July. at 6 a.m.. we left Hammerfest, 

 in rine weather. standing west on the secoud excursion of 

 the cruise, ln the afternoon observations were tåken to 

 determine the variation of the compass. Steaming west- 

 north-west. by next day at noon we had reached the most 

 northerly point of last year's cruise. Uere soundings "were 

 tåken, and the bottom-temperatiire registered with 4 tlierin- 

 ometers of different construction. From this point we con- 

 tinued to steer west-north-west. taking soundings and serial 

 temperatures and working the trawl. till on the evening of 

 Wednesday the 17th of July we reached the first floes of 

 the Greenland ice. and at 10.15 p.m. the engines bad to 

 be stopped, owing to the closef packing of the drift-ice. 

 We were then in lat. 73" 10' X. and long. 3" 22' W.. 

 having struck the ice considerably farther east than antic- 

 ipated. The weather had now tirrned cold and foggy, with 

 :i stilf breeze from the north-west. After taking a series 



