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Expeditionen antages at afgaa fra Bergen i Midten 

 af Juni til Tromsø. Forsaavidt Rejseh sker gjennem Vest- 

 fjorden, kunde Lejligheden benyttes til at tåge en Tempe- 

 raturrække i det dybeste af Vestfjorden udenfor Tranø, 

 hvor de nye 1 >ybvandsthermometre kunde prøves. Turen 

 til Tromsø antages at kræve 4 Døgn, I Tromsø standses 

 for at tåge ombord en Maud. der medfølger Expeditionen 

 som Kjendtmand for Finmarkens Kyst. Beeren Eiland og 

 Spidsbergen. Derpaa gaar man ind til Alten, hvor den 

 meteorologiske Station inspiceres. og Skrabning (Trawl) 

 udføres i Åltenfjorden. Herfra til Hammerfest, hvor Expe- 

 ditionen indtager Forsyninger for Øst-Ishavsturen. Magne- 

 tiske ( (bservationer til Bestemmelse af Misvisningen og 

 Kompassets Deviation foretages i Altentjord eller ved Ham- 

 merfest. 



Fra Hammerfest sejles til Porsangerfjorden, hvor der 

 loddes, tåges Temperaturrækker og skrabes. Herfra, om 

 Vejret (Taage) ikke er til Hinder, ind i Tanaljorden. hvor 

 de samme Arbejder udføres. Derfra til Vardø, hvor den 

 meteorologiske Station inspiceres. 



Fra Vardø styres (omkring 27de Juni) først østover, 

 derpaa nordover til Beeren Eilands Parallel og derpaa 

 vestover, og Linjen for 0° ved Havbunden bestemmes. Ere 

 Omstændighederne gunstige, forsøges Landgang paa Beeren 

 Eiland. Herfra opsejles 2 Tversnit over Banken mellem 

 Beeren Eiland og Norge for at bestemme dens Afbeld mod 

 [shavsdybet, og derpaa sejles til Hammerfest, idet et Par 

 Stationer lægges paa Vejen. Med en Fart af 6 Mil i 

 Vagten, 16 Loddestationer (15 med Temperaturrække, 13 

 med Skrabe (Trawl)) vil Turen fra Vardø til Hammerfest 

 (etter den Tid som Erfaringen fra 1877 har vist at der 

 medgaar til de forskjellige Arbejder paa, forskjelligt Dyb) 

 tåge 11 til 12 Døgn. I Hammerfest gjøres klar til 2den 

 Tur vestover. Afgangen derfra kan sættes' til omkring den 

 Ute til 12te Juli. 



2den Tur beregnes med 6 Knobs Fart. 18 Stationer 

 (17 Temperaturrækker, hvoraf -mange ganske korte i Pola r- 

 strømmen, «'> Skraller paa Hanken. 2 Skraber paa stort 

 Dyb — Lodning. Skrabe og Temperaturrække å 17 Timer) 

 til 12'/i Døgn. Paa Udrejsen fra Hammerfest undersøges 

 Temperaturforholdene i Dybet omkring Station 201 fra 

 1*77. hvor der viste sig et paafaldende anomalt Forhold. 



ally the finest month in the year in those latitudes. Hence, 

 the run westward and subsequent investigation of the 

 (ireenland Sea north of .lan Mayen, will occupy the second 

 of the three intervals, or periods, planned in this Scheme 

 of Work. 



By the middle of June the Expedition will. if possi- 

 ble lea ve Bergen for Tromsø. Should the route selected 

 lead through the Vestfjord, a series of temperatures might 

 be tåken in the deepest parts of the fjord, off Tranø, and 

 the new deep-sea thermometers tested. Four days will prob- 

 ably be sufticient for the passage north to Tromsø. At this 

 port the Expedition will take on board a pilot for the coast 

 of Finmark. Beeren Eiland. and Spitzbergen. The next 

 plaee on the route is Alten, where the Meteorological Sta- 

 tion will be inspected, and the fjord dredged and trawled. 

 From here the Expedition courses on to Hammerfest, at 

 which port stores will have to be shipped for the exploratory 

 tour to the Murman Sea. Magnetical observations to de- 

 termine the deviation of the conqmss slrall be tåken either 

 at Hammerfest or in the Altentjord. 



From Hammerfest the course runs on to the Porsan- 

 gerfjord, where soundings and serial temperatures will be 

 tåken, and the dredge and trawl worked. From this point, 

 weather permitting (it is frequently foggy hereabouts), the 

 Expedition will steam on to the Tanafjord. and there pro- 

 secute similar exploratory work. The next place to be 

 touched at is Vardø, where the Meteorological Station will 

 be inspected. 



From Vardø the Expedition will first stand eastward 

 (about the 27th of June), then northward for the Beeren 

 Eiland parallel of latitude, and then westward. determining 

 by the way the boundary of the glacial bottom-area. 

 If anyway practicable, the Scientific Stått' will land on 

 Beeren Eiland. From this point the Expedition shall ex- 

 plore a couple of transverse sections on the bank between 

 Beeren Eiland and Norway, with the object of determining 

 its incline towards the depths of the Arctic Ocean, and 

 then run back to Hammerfest, working at one or two 

 stations by the way. Steaming at the rate of (i miles' an 

 hour. and with 16 sounding-stations, at 15 of which serial 

 temperatures will have to be tåken and at 13 dredging and 

 trawling-work done. the passage back to Hammerfest via 

 Vardø (judging from last year's experience as to the time 

 required for the different investigations at various depths) 

 can be made in 11 or 12 days. At Hammerfest the ves- 

 sel has to be got ready for the second of the cruises west- 

 \*ud. the departure of the Expedition being rixed for about 

 the llth or 12th of July. 



The speed of the vessel being ' supposed to avorage 6 

 knots. this second cruise will. with IS stations (17 serial 

 temperatures many of those in the Polar current 



being however quite short — (> hauls of the dredge on 

 the bank, and 2 at great depths [sounding, dredging. and 

 taking temperatures estimated to occupy L 7 ho urs]), take 12 

 days and a half. On the run out from Hammerfest, the 

 Expedition shall investigate the thermal conditions prevail- 

 iiii; in deep water round Station 201, where. on last 



