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og gik Prøvetur, under hvilken Loggemaskinen prøvedes 

 og Kompassets Deviation undersøgtes. Lørdag den 15de 

 kom D'Hrr. Molm. Danielssen, Friele og Sohiertz ombord 

 og Kl. 4 3 /4 samme Dags Eftermiddag afgik Expeditionen 

 fra Bergen og stvrede nordover lansrs Leden. 



Mandag den 17de .Juni. etter Afgangen fra Børøsund 

 ved Throndhjemsleden havde vi det Uheld, at Skibet, om- 

 trent tvers at' Nordpynten at' Fjeldvær, skurede over en 

 Boe. og jeg saa. at en Del af Straakjølen gik tabt. Skibet 

 blev ikke staaende, og heller ikke låkt. saa at der var 

 stor Sandsynlighed for, at det ikke havde faaet nogen væ- 

 senthg Skade. Da der ikke existerer nyere, detaljerede 

 Karter over denne Del af Kysten, var jeg her afskaaret 

 fra Lejlighed til at kunne kontrollere Lodsen. Et Par 

 Timer etter var vi saa heldige at trjeffe Havnevæse- 

 nets Dampskib -Nicolay." hvor Havnedirectør Koll med 

 sin Dykker var ombord, og strax var villig til at yde for- 

 nøden Bistand. Begge Skibe gik da ind i Hopen-Fjord, 

 hvor Dykkeren tre Gange var nede og undersøgte førin- 

 gens Bund. Da han erklærede. at Skibet ingen anden 

 Skade havde faaet, end det før nævnte Tab af en Del af 

 Straakjølen, fortsattes Rejsen om Natten nordover. Under 

 hele vor Rejse mærkedes ingensinde nogensoinhelst llempe 

 etter Stodningen. men ved Doksætningen om Hosten viste 

 det sig, at selve Kjolen ogsaa for en Del var beskadiget. 

 saaledes at Veritas-Besigtigelsen fordrede et Stykke ny 

 Kjøl indsat. 



Onsdag den 19de Juli toges en Temperaturriekke og 

 en Skrabe i Vestfjorden og Kl. 1 1 Form. den 20de ankom 

 vi til Tromsø, hvor Kjendtmand Petter Bjorvik kom om- 

 bord. Denne Mand var gjennem velvillig Assistance af 

 Hr. Toldkasserer Pettersen ble ven engageret til at følge 

 Expeditionen som Lods paa Finmarken og Spidsbergen. 

 Kl. 4 samme Dags Eftermiddag afgik Expeditionen til 

 Alten-Fjord. hvor der den 21de toges to Temperaturræk- 

 ker, Skrabe og Trawl, medens Hr. Friele arbejdede langs 

 Landet fra Baad og Professor Molm inspicerede Altens 

 meteorologiske Station. Kl. o 1 ,. Form. den 22de Juni an- 

 kredes i Hammerfest, hvor vi fyldte Vand og blev liggende 

 Søndagen over. Kl. 2 Form. Mandag den 24de afcik vi 

 fra Hammerfest, og arbejdede de følgende Dage i Porsan- 

 ger-Fjord og i Tana-Fjord. Idenfor Baads-Fjord toges 

 Misvisnings- og Deviations-Observation og den 25de Kl. 

 ID/2 Eftm. ankom Expeditionen til Vardø. Etterat her 

 var tåget magnetiske og astronomiske Observationer og den 

 meteorologiske Station inspiceret. gik vi tilsos om Morge- 

 nen den 27de for etter Planen at begynde med Undersø- 

 gelserne i Øst-Ishavet. 



from the wharf tu take a trial-trip, during which the log- 

 apparatus was tested and the deviation of the compass 

 determined. On Saturday the I5th of .lune Professor 

 Molm. Dr. Danielssen. Mr. Friele, and Mr. Schiertz caine 

 on board; and mi the aftemoon of fchat day, at 4.45 p.m., 

 the Expedition lett Bergen, proceeding northward by the 

 inshore route. 



< hi Monday the 17tli of .lune. shortly after our de- 

 parture from Børøsund, a place on the inshore mute to 

 Throndhjem, the \e-,-,e] chanced unfortunately to touch a 

 sunken mek. and 1 saw part of the false keel carried 

 away. Meanwhile, as the ship ueither stuck fast nor 

 sprang a leak. there was good reason to believe she 

 could not have sustained an\ material damage. New, 

 detailed charts for this part of the coast having not vet 

 been constructed. I was unable to check the pilot. A 

 couple of hours or so after our misadventure, we bad the 

 good fortune to fall in with the steamer "Nicolay," belong- 

 iii". to the Harbour Works ; and Mr. Roll. the director. who 

 happened to be on board and had with hun his diving-assi- 

 stant. at once volunteered assistance. Both vessels now 

 steamed into the Hopen Fjord: and here Mr. Kolls diver 

 went down three times in succession to examine the "Yorin- 

 gen'"s bottom. His report, however, being to the effect that. 

 beyond the aforesaid loss of part of her false keel. the 

 ship had sustained no damage whatever, we resolved to 

 continue the voyage, and after night-fall pursued our course 

 northward. During the whole cruise no detrimental effects 

 «riv found to result from the accident: hut on dock- 

 ing the vessel in the autumn after our return, it seemed 

 that the true keel bad suffered to some extent too; indeed 

 the Survevor to the "Veritas" insisted on having a new 

 piece put in. 



On Wednesday the 19th of July a serial temperature 

 and a haul of the dredge were tåken in the Vestfjord; 

 •and on the forenoon of the 2<>th. at 11 a.m.. we arriyed 

 at Tromsø, w heie a pilot. Petter Bjorvik by name, came 

 on board. This man had been engaged by Mr. Pettersen, 

 receiver of customs. to act as pilot to the Expedition for 

 the coasts of Finmark and Spitzbergen. The same day. at 

 4 oclock in the afternoon. the Expedition proceeded to the 

 Alten Fjord, where, on the 21st. two serial temperatures 

 were tåken, together with a haul of the deep-sea appara- 

 tas, both dredge and trawl. Mr. Friele working the while 

 along the shore from a boat, and Professor Mohn being 

 occupied with inspecting the Meteorological Station at Alten. 

 < hi the forenoon of the 22nd the Expedition arrived at 

 Hammerfest, where we took in a supply of water, and 

 spent the following day (Sunda vi at anchor. On Monday 

 the 24th of June. at 2 a.m.. the Expedition lett Hammer- 

 fest, and devoted the next few days to exploratory work 

 in the Porsanger and Tana Fjords. Off the mouth of the 

 fjord observations were tåken to determine the variation 

 and deviation of the compass, and on the 25th, at 11.30 

 p.m., the Expedition reached Vardø. After a series of 

 magnetical and astronomical observations had been tåken. 

 and the Meteorological Station inspected, on the morning 



