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den 23de Juni til Bodø. hvor Provisioner indtoges.. og 

 Kronometrenes Stand undersøgtes. 



Den 25de Juni gik vi til Hopen i Saltenfjorden for 

 at fylde Vand. og derfra oin Natten over Vestfjorden til 

 Røst, idet der paa Vejen toges en Række Lodskud. Ved 

 Røst foretoges Deviationsprøve samt magnetiske og astro- 

 nomiske Observationer i Land. Det viste sig imidlertid, 

 at Stedet mod Formodning var uskikket til magnetisk Basis- 

 Station. idet Declinationen kunde variere -hele 7" paa to 

 nærliggende Øer. 



Om Middagen den 28de gik Expeditionen atter til- 

 ses mellem Røst og Værø, og i Løbet af to Dage oparbej- 

 dedes 3 Tversnit mellem Røst og Hadselfjorden, hvor vi 

 løb ind Lørdagen den 30te Juni. Den paafølgende Søn- 

 dag laa Expeditionen til Ankers i Sundet ved Sortland. 

 Mandag Morgen gik vi atter tilsos mellem Lango og Andø. 

 og fandt Bankens Eg her meget nærmere Land end tidli- 

 gere. Om Natten gik vi noget længere ind paa Banken, 

 og her fiskedes fra Borde stor Torsk. Lange. Brosme og 

 Kveite i betydelig Mængde med Haandsnøre. Den' næste 

 Dag. 4de Juli. fortsattes atter Rejsen udover i et længere 

 Snit indtil 70° N. Br. og 6° 15' L. 0. f. Or., paa hvilket 

 Punkt der arbejdedes hele Dagen den 5te Juli i 1710 

 Favnes Dyb med Lodning, Temperaturrække, Skrabe og 

 Trawl i et usædvanligt roligt og smukt Vejr. Herfra sty- 

 redes igjen østover, under stadigt Arbejde paa en Række 

 Stationer, til Malangenfjorden. hvis Munding passeredes om 

 Formiddagen Søndag den 8de Juli. Samme Dags Middag 

 ankrede Expeditionen i Tromsø. 



Fra Rost af var tåget 45 Lodskud, 5 Skraber, 5 

 Trawler og 8 Tempefaturrækker. Ved denne Lodning op- 

 dagedes. at Atlanterhavs-Dybet eller Ishavsdybet her træn- 

 ger ind i Banken, hvorved der dannes en Eg paa lignende 

 Maade som ved Storeggen udenfor Romsdalskysten. Men 

 denne nordlige Eg. som blev kaldt "Vesteraalseggen," har 

 en ganske anden Udstrækning end Storeggen. Vesteraals- 

 eggen begynder omtrent 15 geogr. Mil retvisende Vest 

 af Røst og strækker sig herfra nordøstover parallel med 

 Lofotens Øgruppe i 10 til 11 Miles Afstand fra Land 

 til Vest af Ha.dselø, hvor den bøjer mere østover ind mod 

 Land. Ved Nordpynt af Langø er Kanten at' Eggen ikke 

 mere end 4 g. Mil fra Land. Den tauer i Nord for An- 

 denes og i Vest lnr Kvalø en mere nordlig Retning igjen. 

 og paa 70 l /2 Grads Bredde bøjer Isobather ne men- vestover. 

 idet Affaldet af Banken antager en mere flåa Form. Ve- 

 steraalseggens Længde er saaledes omtrent i><> g. Mile og 

 Bunden falder af mod NV. fra 100 til 1400 Favne paa 

 en Distance af 5 Mil. hvilket, naar Talen er om Hav- 

 bund, maa kaldes el stærkt Affald. Da de samme Fiske- 



6672" N. long. 12° E.). After taking a series of tempera- 

 tures in the Vestfjord, the Expedition stood for Bodø, 

 reaching that place 011 the 23rd .of June. Here we took 

 in a supply of fresh provisons and got the chronometers 

 rated. 



On the 25th of June the "Vøringen" steamed up to 

 Hopen, in the Salten Fjord, a goodplace for watering, and 

 in the night stood acrpss the Vestfjord to Røst. taking by 

 the way a series of soundings. At Røst the ship was swung 

 for deviation, and magnetical and astronomical observations 

 Were tåken 011 shore. Coutrary to expectation. this place 

 jiroved wholly unsuited for a magnetical base-station, the 

 declination on two adjficent islands varying as mucli 

 as 7". 



On the 28th. about noon, the Expedition again put 

 to sea, between Røst and Værø, and in the course of 

 2 days investigated 3 transverse sections. between Kost 

 and the Hadselfjord. reaching the latter locality on Satur- 

 day the 30th of June. The next day being Sunday. the 

 "Vøringen" lav at anchor in Sortland Sound. On Monday 

 morning we again put to 'sea. between Langø and Andø, 

 and struck the edge of the bank considerably nearer land 

 than we had done in any other locality. After night-fall 

 we steamed farther in shore, and took numbers of large 

 cod. ling. torsk, or tusk. and halibut. tishing with hook 

 and line from the ship's side. ( >n the day following, the 

 4th of July, we pursued our outward course to. a point in 

 lat. 70" X., long. (i" 15' E. ; and, here the Expedition pas- 

 sed the whole of the 5th, prosecuting exploratory work at 

 a depth of 1710 fathoms, — sounding. dredging and trawl- 

 ing, and taking serial temperatures. in weather remarkably 

 calm and fair. Again steering east. we kept 011 steadily. 

 working at a number of stations. till we reached the 

 Malangen Fjord, the mouth of which was passed on the 

 forenoon of Sunday. the 8th of July. The same day. 

 shortly after noon, the "Vøringen" dropped her anchor at 

 Tromsø. 



On our course from Rost we took 45 soundings. 5 

 hauls of the dredge. 5 of the trawl. and 8 serial tempera- 

 tures. ' These soundings disclosed an important fact, viz. 

 in showing that along this line the basin of the Arctic 

 Ocean cuts deep into the bank, forming an edge. as at 

 Stor-Eggen. off the coast of Romsdal. But this northern 



edge, 



to which we gave the name of "VesteraalsrEggen," 



differs widely from the Stor-Eg in extent. The Vesteraals- 

 Eg commences about (><» miles due west of Rost. stretching 

 thence in a north-easterly direction, parallel to the Lofoten 

 Islands, distant 40 or 44 miles from the coast. on to the 

 west.of Hadselø, where it makes a somewhat easterly land- 

 warcl hend. At the northern extremity 'of Lango. the edge 

 is not more than 12 miles from land. North of Andenes 

 and west of Kvalo. it again takes a, more northerly direc- 

 tion. and in lat. 70" 30' X. the isobaths bend more to 

 the west. the slope of the hank being less sudden here. 



The lengtb of the Vesteråals-Eg reaches accordingly about 

 24o miles, and the bottom shelves, in a north-westerly 

 direction, over a distance ot 2() miles, from loo fathoms 



