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Until the beginning of September of this year, Capt. MIKKELSEN 
may perhaps be expected at the depot, and he would then want to come 
home, if a ship should be here. The map is left here for Capt. MIKKEL- 
SEN in case of his coming. 
WILHELM LAUB, 
Second in command of the expedition. 
In addition we left the report to the committee, which had been 
previously deposited there. 
We attempted twice to get clear of the ice, but had to return 
each time, as it appeared that we had got into a bay in the ice. The 
second attempt to get clear was made on the night between Sth and 9th 
of August, when we again experienced a lot of trouble in getting back 
to the land water, there being continual and strong movement in the 
ice, but finally on the morning of the 9th we again succeeded in 
reaching land. 
At Эа. m. the same day, when up in the crosstrees, I caught sight 
of a three-masted schooner-rigged steamer inside us in the land water 
to the southwest, working northward. Believing her to be the “Laura”, 
we tried to bear down upon her. When, however, we got alongside, she 
turned out to be the “Minerva” of Christiania, with her owner Mac- 
NUS N. GJEVER and an Austrian Count and Countess MERVELDT with 
a party on board, the Count having chartered the ship to go on a 
shooting expedition. 
At Clavering Island the “Minerva” had come across the “Laura”, 
which at that time had made two attempts to reach Shannon Island, 
but without result, whereupon the “Minerva” had promised to try to 
get into touch with us, as the “Laura” had to proceed home. 
After having called at Bass Rock, the “Minerva” on the 3rd of 
August went in quite close to the depot at Shannon Island, but as no 
signal was to be observed, she continued in a northerly direction with 
the object of reaching our winter quarters. This attempt failed on 
account of the heavy ice. When we got up with her, she was heading 
for the Shannon depot. All on board the “Minerva” assisted us in 
every possible way and offered to take JØRGENSEN home with them, 
as he would be better looked after on board the ship which carried a 
doctor, but he declined the courteous offer, preferring to go home 
with us. 
At 5 p.m. we parted company, the “Minerva” shaping her course 
for Clavering Island, whilst we with the “7de Juni” headed SE through 
the ice. All went well until a couple of hours after midnight, when we 
had to turn and sail westward, as we again had got into a bay in 
the ice. 
During the same watch the propeller was smashed by an ice foot so 
that the motor could not be used, and we had to sail entirely under 
canvas. 
LA 
Br rt 
