278 Alf Trolle. 



From midnight til 8 a. m. sailed in almost ice-free water. 8 till 

 11 a. m. sailed through a streak of spread ice. 11 a. m. till 2 p. m. 

 went through very scattered ice ; course steadily W. N. W. 2 p. m. 

 the ice became denser. The ice-floes had changed their character, 

 becoming larger ; one could see that they had not been exposed to 

 seaway, a few were screwed up. 4 p. m. till 10 p. m. lay anchored to 

 an ice-floe, whilst the tubes in the boiler were being cleaned ; hydro- 

 graphical Series III carried out. 



10 p. m. till midnight we sailed in a log. The ice became grad- 

 ually denser. 12 midnight anchored on a floe owing to fog. Wind 

 northerly, fairly fresh. 



ä/g. Noon position obs. : 75° 36' N., 10=40' W. 2 till 4 a. m. con- 

 tinued through fairly dense ice. We got fast a few times but soon 

 came free again. 4 p. m. the fog cleared away. The pack-ice was 

 pretty much scattered in N.W. by N., denser towards the north and 

 south. The floes became larger (ca. 1000 m.-) and more screw-ice 

 was seen. 



From 4 to 8 p.m. steered N.W. by N. through somewhat scat- 

 tered ice. 8 p. m. till 5 a. m. sailed N. by E. along the edge of 

 dense ice. 5 a. m. anchored to an ice-floe owing to leaky boiler-tubes. 

 Drifted in the direction N. E. Wind S.S.W. Strength 4 — 5. Weather: 

 fog with clear intervals. Hydrographical observations made on the 

 edge of the Bank (Series V; depth 840 m.). 



%. Noon position obs.: 75°56'N., 10°10'W. Drifted with the 

 ice-floe till 9 a. m. The boiler then repaired. Steered N.W. through 

 somewhat scattered ice till 6 p. m. Fell in with denser ice and fog. 

 Anchored to an ice-floe. Wind S.W., strength 4 to 5. Weather: fog 

 with clear intervals. Made hydrographical observations and worked 

 with the trawl on the Continental Bank (Series VI, depth 300 m.). 



Vs- Noon position: 76°07'N., 10°39'W. Stationary owing to 

 dense fog until 2 p. m. The fog then cleared somewhat and we 

 steered westward until 44^ p. m., when we met with dense, packed 

 ice. 8 p. m. the fog cleared away. The pack-ice was dense every- 

 where, not a drop of water being seen to the west except a narrow 

 channel. Entered this. Wind S.W. almost still. Weather: fog with 

 clear intervals. 



Vs- Noon position: 76° 01' N.lat., 12° 27' W. long. 12 midnight. 

 Met with the first, large ice-field. Steered westward in the clearing 

 till 5 a. m. Took a couple of hours to pass a place where two large 

 ice-fields lay edge to edge (a so-called ice-lock). Continued westwards 

 till 12 midday, when we anchored to a field of screw-ice amidst fog 

 and dense ice. From 2 p. m. till 12 midnight fast in the ice. Wind 

 S.W. Strength 1; weather: clear, a few banks of fog. 



%. Noon position obs.: 75°42'N., 12°35'W. 12 midnight. Got 

 free of the ice. Sailed out into a small lake between the ice-fields. 



