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Botaniske Undersogelser og Indsamlinger søges i>i<nt 

 paa Jan Mayen i størst mulig Udstrækning. 



De meteorologiske Iagttagelsér ombord udførés i alt 

 vsesentliet som i 1876. 



Ligesoin det foregaaende Aar overtoges Dampskibet 

 "Vøringen" af Expeditionen den 14de April og Indred- 

 ningsarbejderne lidførtes ved samme Værft. 



Den 19de Maj paamønstredes Mandskabet. og Kl. 2 

 om Morgenen den 23de Maj afgik Skibet til Husø. hvor 

 jeg agtede at tåge de til Fox-Cirkelens senere Benyttelse 

 nødvendige forberedende Observationer. Efter Ankomsten 

 hid opdagedes imidlertid en Fejl i agterste Krumtappinde, 

 og da Vejret desuden var til Hinder for Observationernes 

 Udførelse, réturneredes strax til Bergen, hvor ny Mellem- 

 axel blev indsat. Dette Arbejde var. færdigt den 31te Maj. 

 men Expeditionens Afgang blev yderligere forsinket der- 

 ved, at Mr. Macintosh i London, der havde paataget sig 

 til første Halvdel af Maj at levere nye Accumulatorstrenge, 

 havde glemt Ordren' og kunde ikke levere dem før Kkle 

 Juni. Der blev derfor gjort et nyt Forsog paa at erliolde 

 de forberedende magnetiske Observationer. men det mislyk- 

 kedes fuldstændigt paa Gvnnd af det yderst urolige Vejr 

 i Husø. 



Den Ilte Juni embarkerede i Bergen Professoreriie 

 Mohn og Sårs. Overlæge Danielssen og Landskabsihaler 

 Schiertz samt Overlæge Hansen, der havde erholdt Indre- 

 departementets Tilladelse til at være med som Passager til 

 Tromsø, hvor Kjøbmand Friele skulde stode til Expeditio- 

 nen. Da Hr. Svendsen; der var Expeditionens Kemiker 

 det første Aar. havde af Helbredshensyn meldt Forfald, 

 blev i hans Sted antaget Hr. H. Tornøe, der under Profes- 

 sor Waages personlige Ledelse navde arbejdet paa La- 

 boratoriets Indredning siden den 23de Maj. 'For at vinde 

 Tid besluttedes at gaa Accumulatorerne imode til Stavan- 

 ger, og her kom de ombord den 13de Juni, hvoretter Ex- 

 peditionen strax gik tilsøs. 



Omtrent 3 Mil SV. for Udsire toges en Temperatur- 

 række. og Dagen efter en lignende tvers af Feje (60" 42' 

 N, Br.), hvoretter Kursen sattes direkte paa Station No. 

 96 ((ti 9' N. Br.. 3° 0' L. 0. f. Or.), der naaedes Kl. 6 

 Morgen den 16de Juni. 



Ved at tåge 54 Lodskud. 6 Ski - aber. 3 Trawler og 

 7 Tempera turnekker undersøgtes 3 Tversnit udenfor Kysten 

 mellem Foldenfjord og Vestfjorden af tilsammen 11.") g. 

 Miles Længde. Det nordligste af disse Snit gik helt fra 

 67° 53' X. Br. og 5" 12' L. 0. f. Gr. til hen imod Træ- 

 nen (66 1 /,," N. Br. 12° L. 0. f. Or.). Efter at have tåget 

 en Temperaturrække i Vestfjorden, ankom Expeditionen 



Botanical work. comprising collections of the Hora. 

 will, if possible. be prosecuted on Jan Mayen. 



The meteorological obsérvations onboard will be made 

 essentinlly as in 1876. 



As in 1876. the S.S. "Vøringen" was mi the 14th of 

 April given up by lier owners to the agent of the Expedi- 

 tion. and her nautical equipment again undertaken by Messrs 

 Brunchorst and Dekke. 



On the 19th of May the crew came on board, and 

 on the 23rd, at 2 o'clock in the morning, the vessel hit 

 Bergen for Husø. where I purposed taking the prelimi- 

 nary obsérvations indispensible for the subsequent use of 

 the Fox-circle. But. on arming at that island. a defeet 

 was discovered in the pin of the after-crank. and the 

 weather. too. being verv iinfavourable for such obsérvations. 

 we returned at ouce to Bergen, and bad a new shaft put 

 in. Tbis was got done by the 31st of May: hut unfortu- 

 nately the final departure of the Expedition bad to bestill 

 further delayed, Mr. Macintosh, the London manufacturer, 

 who was to have furnished new straps for the accumula- 

 tors. having overlooked the order, and being in consequence 

 unable to execute it before the lOth of Juue. During this 

 interyal a fresh but. owing to the boisterous weather at 

 Huso. wholly abortive attempt. was made to ohtain the 

 prelimmary magnetical obsérvations. 



On the llth of June Professors Mohn and Sårs. Dr. 

 Danielssen. Mr. Schiertz. artist, and Dr. Hansen, embarked 

 in Bergen. Dr. Hansen, who was not a member of the 

 Scientific Staff, having permission from the Home Department 

 tu proceed as passenger to Tromsø, where Mr. Friele was 

 to join the Expedition. Mr. Svendsen, chemist to the Ex- 

 pedition on the first year's cruise, having by reason of ill— 

 health been compelled to retire. Mr. H. Tornoe. who. since 

 the 23rd of May. under the personal guidauce of Professor 

 Waage. bad been at work fitting up the Chemical Labora- 

 tory, was engaged in his stead. Time being precious, w 

 resolved on running south, to await in Stavanger the ar- 

 rival of the new accumulators. whicb reached that place 

 on the 13th of June; and having got them on board. the 

 Expedition immediately put to .sea, 



About 12 miles so.uth-west of Utsire we took a series 

 of temperature-soundings. and on the following day another, 

 off Feje (lat. 60°42'K), after which the Expedition stood 

 for Station 96 (lat. 66° 9' N., loug. 3° 0'E.). am ving there 

 on the 16th of June. at 6 oclock in the morning. 



Three transverse sections off the coast, between the 

 Foldenfjord and the Vestfjord, measuring together 460 

 miles in extent, were now explored. by taking 54 sound- 

 ings. 6 hauls of the dredge, 3 of the travd, and 7 

 serial temperatures. The most northerlv of these ^'ctions 

 extended from a point in lat. 67° 53' X. and long 5° 12' 

 E. to a point in the immediate vicinity of Trænen (lat. 



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