CHAPTEE XVI. 



COAST VOYAGE OP THE GERMANIA TOWARDS THE SOUTH. 



JACKSON ISLAND. CAPE BEOER EUYS. BOAT JOUENEY. 



EXPLOEATION OF FEANZ- JOSEPH' S FJOED.^ 



Departure from Sabine Island. — Storm fi-om the North. — Landing on 

 the Eastern Cape of Jackson Island. — Excursions. — Further pro- 

 gress Southwards. — Cape Broer Euys. — Hudson's "Hold with 

 Hope." — Boat journey along the Coast to explore Mackenzie's 

 Inlet. — Esquimaux huts. — Pleasures of boat-journeying. — Icebergs 

 to the South. — Indication of the proximity of large Fjord. — 

 Journey to Cape Franklin. — Payer and Copeland ascend the point 

 of Cape Franklin. — Discovery of Kaiser Franz-Joseph's Fjord. 

 — Payer's account of the ascent of the point of Cape Franklin, 



The next day was Sunday ; and after all necessary work 

 had been done, the men were allowed a short holiday, 

 which they well deserved, and which many employed in 

 taking leave of the spot which for a whole year had been 

 their home. 



But home was not to be thought of yet, since to all ap- 

 pearances this summer, as regarded the condition of the 

 ice, was far more favourable than the last. From Ger- 

 maniaberg, towards the south and south-east, there was 

 open water on all sides between the floes. At night we 

 had a sudden four hours' storm from the north ; this was 

 the first time we had seen real storm-clouds in Greenland, 

 although there was neither thunder nor hghtning. 



^ By Captain Koldewey, Dr. Pansch, and First-Lieutenant Payer. 



