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giver et meget vildt Skue. 

 2 l ji Kvartmil. 



Vi passerede i en Afstand af 



glaciers on the north side as they appeared to us. In the 

 foreground lie prodigious rampart-like masses of debris; 



Piff. 5. Nordsidens Bræer. — The Glaciers of the North Coast. 



Kl. y om Aftenen passerede vi Nordostkap. Vi 

 kunde nu se Rækken af de stejle Bræer paa Østsiden. Der 

 var ikke tiere end 5 saadanne, som naaede Havfladen. 

 Deres indbyrdes Beliggenhed bestemte jeg ved at notere 

 de Øjeblikke eiter Uret, da hver af dem observeredes tvers 

 paa Kursen, der boldtes uforandret og med jevn Fart. 

 Kl. 12,45 Min. om Morgenen ankrede vi i den store Ræk- 

 ved-Bugt paa 12 Favne Vand, udenfor Lagunen, i Vest 

 for Ægøen. 



Denne Dag, den 31 tie Juli, bleve vi liggende paa vor 

 Ankerplads. Taagen fordelte sig noget, saa noget mere af 

 Landet blev synligt; men Beerenberg var fremdeles til- 

 hyllet. Derimod var Solen jevnlig fremme om Formiddagen 

 og en Del af Ettermiddagen. Da Søgangen hindrede Land- 

 gang, toges Solhøjder fra Skibet. 



Om Eiti i imdil.iurn forsøgtes Landgang med to Baade, 

 men Brændingen var for svær til at man turde vove Forsøg 

 paa at bringe Instrumenter i Land. Vi roede langs Lagun- 



the glaciers, too, are jagged and riven, and discoloured with 

 dirt; altogether it is a wild scene. We passed at tbe dis- 

 tance of two and one-third miles. 



By 9 oclock in the evening we had rounded Cape 

 North-Fast; and now the series of precipitous glaciers on 

 the east side of the islaud came in sight. Only 5 of these 

 reached to the waters edge. Their relative position I de- 

 termined by noting, watch in hand. the exact moment at 

 wliich each was observed abreast of the vessel, keeping 

 the same course and speed. At 12.45 a. m. we east 

 anchor in Great Wood Bay, in 12 fathoms. off the lagoon 

 lying west of Egg Island. 



The rest of the day, July 3 Ist. we passed at our 

 anchorage. The fog dispersing a little, more could be seen 

 of the land; Mount Beerenberg, however. was still wrapped 

 in clouds. Meanwhile, we bad the sim out most of the 

 tine part of the day. and at intervals in the afternoon. 

 The swell being too heavy to admit of landing, a series of 

 solar altitudes was tåken from the ship. 



ln the afternoon two boats put off for the shore; but 

 tliere was too much surf to risk landing tbe instruments. 

 We rowed along the barrier of the lagoon to Egg Island, 



