TO SPITZBERGEN 81 



2 ' the &<**, the 



Wo,/* 16 -TS* July 2 ' the &<**, the 

 Norwegian ^ ; that Birkbeck hired, got under way 

 we followed the next morning (Sunday, the 3rd)- 

 hwf 71 Straednaes, or in case of the Stor Fjord beL 

 blocked Ice Sound-with Stabbel, who was pilot on! 



voyag r the ^ tirae on 



othil j U ? P T d * u 6 near , Bear Mand, but we saw 

 Snm fl V*n WaS hazy; lar S e quantities of birds 

 * e ~ to be Cerent 



6th. No observation ; sighted land (Syd Cap) about 

 5.30 p. m ., bearing N.E. ; 6 p.m., much drift ice ; 7 p.m. 



foomNN'wV 1^" T hl T e ice si S^ed, 'bearing 

 trpm N.N.W to S.E., and quite high, indicating that Stoi 

 Fjord was choked ; accordingly Altered course to N W 

 Of course, the first meeting with the ice was immense 



atlTwt ! , eVer J b dy T^ 06 ^ ^ ti ^Vt 

 at the wheel, and a wonderful sight it was to see the 



3? "' '"' "'"" " 



July 7: Thick and no observation. 9am 





i, J a.m. Un neanng Bell Sound found it full 



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