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Bandens Opgang fra det store Dyb indé i Sognefjorden til 

 dennes ydre grundere Del og toges et Par Skraber i denne 

 sidste. hvorpaa, Expeditionen gik ud til Huso ved Fjordens 

 Mnnding, Her- blev den liggende i 10 Dage, der anvend- 

 tes til magnetiske Observationer i Land og til Svingning 

 af Skibet for at bestemme de magnetiske Oonstanter for 

 Navigationen og for de magnetiske Instrumenter ombord. 

 Til samme Tid toges daglig Skrabninger fra Baad af Zoo- 

 ' logerne. 



Den 20de Juni gik Expeditionen tilsos. Vejret. der 

 under Opholdet i Huso havde røret noget uroligt blev 

 etterhaanden udmærket. Overeusstemmeude med Planen 



tbégyndte man strax med Bestemmelsen af den lan^s 

 Kysten Løbende dybe Etendes Affald mod Ishavet: Under 

 dette Årbejde tik vi første' Gang iskoldt Vand i Dybet om 

 Aftenen den 21de Juni paa &2° 45' X. Br. og 1 " 48' L. 

 0. f. Gr. og ved Skrabningen sammesteds den første Um- 

 bellularia. Til Middag den 23de arbejdedes. Dag og Nat 

 med Ledninger. Skrabninger, Temperaturrækker. og Optag- 

 ning af Yandprøver fra Bund og Overflade. Skibets Yoj 



. og de Stationer. hvor der er foretaget Ohdersøgelser, er 

 afsatte paa det medfølgende Oversigtskart. 



Fredag den 23de Juni ankom Vølingen til Kristian- 

 sund. Den 24de og 2(ide anvendtes til at fylde Kul og 

 Vand samt' gjore nogle mindre Anskaffelser. Mandskabet 

 blev forøget med 3 Maud. da Zoologerne tiltrængte mere 

 Assistance end paaregnet. ligesom Arbejdet med Appara- 

 terue viste sig niere anstrængende for Folkene, end man 

 havde tænkt sig. 



Tirsdag den 27de Juni afgik Expeditionen atter fra 

 Kristiansund, og ud paa Storeggen. hvor der toges 10 Lod- 

 skud og 5 Bundskrabninger. hvorpaa Kursen sattes videre 

 vestover. Den 30te Juni loddedes. trawledes og skrabedes 

 i 525 (eng.) Favne og den Iste Juli i. 587 Favne paa 

 63° 5' A".. Br.. 0° 53' L. 0. f. Gr. Lige siden Afgangen 

 fra Huso havde Vejret været særdeles smukt., men den Iste 

 Juli begyndte den, første Storm, og siden holdt Vejret sig 

 usædvanligt ugunstigt lige til den 15de August. 1 Kl. 10 

 om Aftenen den Iste Juli var Vindens Hastighed 20 Meter 

 i Sekundet. Vindens Retning SSØ. og Kartojets Kurs ØSØ, 

 begge retvisende. . Bølgernes Hojde maaltes til 5 — 6 Meter. 

 Da Vinden etterhaanden gik om paa SV., lagdes Kursen 

 om Eftermiddagen den 2den Juli mod Vest, Vinden var 

 svagere. men Søgangen hindrede fremdeles vore Arbeider 

 paa Dybet. Den 3die Juli avancerede vi fremdeles lang- 

 somt vestover, men aden at kunne brage Dybhavsappara- 

 terne. Vinden var noget mindre stærk. men Soen fremdeles 

 urolig. Bølgehøjden 3 Meter. Den 4de Juli om Morgenen 



1 Man se "Cartes synoptiques joumaliéres, eonstruites par N. Hoff- 

 meyer, dirécteur de 1'institut météoroloafique Danois." i hvilke vor 

 Expeditions meteorologiske Iakttagelser er benyttede. 



evening ran in shore to anchor. On the morning of the 

 9th was determined the rise of the bottom' from the great 

 inner depths of the Sognefjord to its -shallower outer part, 

 wbere we took one or two hauls of. the' dredge, and then 

 proceeded on to Huso. at the mouth of the fjord. Here 

 the Expedition remained lo days. with the objecl ol' in- 

 stituting magneiical observations on shore. and of swing- 

 ■ing ship for deviation aud determining' the constants of 

 the magnetical instruments. During our stav the zoologists 

 dredgéd the bottom daily from a boat. ■ 



On the 20th of June the Expedition put to sea. 

 The weather. which Kad been somewhat blustering at 

 Husø. now began to moderate, and turned out reina rk- 

 ably tine. A^rerabl.v to the approved' plaiu we at once 

 proceeded to investigate the deép channel that stivtches 

 along the coast. and to explore its slope towards the basiu 

 of the Arctic Ocean. Whilst thus engaged, we struck 

 in the depths, for the first time. -water 'of 0° temperature, 

 on the evening of the 21 st, lat, 62° 45' N., long. 1° 48' 

 E.. and a haul of the dredge brought up. our first spec- 

 imen of UmbéUularia. Till noon of the 23rd. our time 

 was 1'nlly occupied with sounding. dredging, taking serial 

 temperatures, and collecting samples of sea-water from the 

 bottom and from the surface. The accompan ring Plate 

 shows' the track of the ship and the Stations at which 

 any exploring work was done.' 



On Friday the 23rd of June the "Vøringen" reaclled 

 Christiausund. Two days — the 24th and the 26th — wére 

 passed in taking in cpal and water, and otherwise complet- 

 ing the equipment of the vessel. At this port 3 additio- 

 nal hands were shipped, the zoologists needing • increased 

 assistance; the working the apparatus ship. too. had proved 

 more laborious than origiually anticipated. 



On Tuesday the 27th of June the Expedition left 

 Christiansund. and- steamed out to the Storeggen bank. 

 Here we took a series of 10 soundings and 5 hauls. of the 

 dredge. after which the vessel pursued her westward course. 

 On the 30th of June we sounded, trawled. and dredged, 

 in 525 fathoms; and on the Ist of July. in 587 fathoms. 

 lat, 63° 5' X., long. 0° 53' E. Since our departure from 

 Huso the 'weather had been uncommonly fine ; but on the 

 Ist of July it blew a heavy gale. and from that date to 

 the 15th of August the weather continued exceptionally 

 foul. 1 On the Ist of July. at 10 p. m.. the velocity of 

 the wind was 20 metres a second. its direction (true) SSE.. 

 and the course of the vessel (true) ESE.; height of the 

 waves 5— G metres (18' feet). The wind having gradu- 

 ally veered to the south-west. on the afternoon of the 2nd 

 the ship was given a westward course. The wiiid had fal- 

 len off, but the sea was still .too high to admit of deep- 

 sea operations. On the 3rd of July we continued steaming 

 slowly westward. with no possibility however of working 



1 Vide "Cartes synoptiques joumaliéres. construites par N. Hoff- 

 meyer. dirécteur de 1'institut météorologique 'Danois," in which part 

 of our meteorological observations are incorporated. 



