the Polar Expedition, ordered a salute by a squad armed 
with pistols, guns, and the like; which we returned, in kind. 
In addition to Hersey, Dr. Fowler and Messrs. Liventhal, 
Riesenberg, Raeder, and Roseman, whom we had met at 
the Giaever dinner in Tromsoe, spent the evening on board. 
They had left Tromsoe on the Frithjof the night before 
we did. 
Small pieces of ice were met in Latitude 70° 5', Longi- 
1HI 
tude 
to try 
north; 
and 76 
no 
only one 
captain, Jen Oien 
mate, Daniel 
Greenland coast, 
the best chance 
ship has penfp||ted the coast south of 73 
north of 76°. 
The last authentic attempts to reach Greenland at this 
latitude were one by the Swedes, under Nathorst, in 1900, 
and another, which tried to get in five years before, through 
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