Evening journal., 1896-08-15

dition for travelling. The dogs and the ski
and sledge runners broke through the SUI
periioial crust and sank deep In the wet
snow. Only a few dogs We're now left, and
progress was next to impossible. But un-
fortunately we had no line of retreat. The
dogs rations, ms we'll as our own, were re-
diced to a minimum, ana wc made the
best way we could ahead. We expected
daily TO find land in sight, but we looked
in vain. On May 81 we were IN " degrees
2i minutes north, and on juno 4 ~ do
grces 1S minutes north, but on June .
we had been drlfted to the northwest 10 So
degrees % minutes north. no land was
TO be- seem although according TO Payers
map. we had expected to meet with Peter
mann Land at So degrees north. These
discrepancies became more and more puz-
cling us time went on.
Living on Seal Meat.
ION June % we had at last shot beard
ed seal, and as the snow became constant-
ly worse 1 determined to wait We now
had supply of seal meat until II melted
away. We also shot three bears We had
only two dogs left, which were now well
fed upon meat.
ON July ~ we continued our journey
over tolerably good snow On July %,
whnn nhout SO degrees north, we sighted
unknown land at last, but the ice was ev-
orywhere broken into small foes the wa
tor between being fillod with crushed ice
in which the use OF the kayaks was impos-
siblc. We therefore had to mako our way
by balancing from one ice pioco to anoth-
er, and we did not renoh land until Aug.
Is at 81 degrees 3S minutos north and about
/ 63 degrees east longitude
This proved TO be entirely ice capped
islands. In kayaks we made our way west
ward in open water along these islands,
and on Aug. - we discovered land extend
ing from southeast TO northwest. The
country became more and moro puzzling,
as l could find no agreemont with Payer s
| map. l thought we were In longitude east
| of Austria sound, but If this was correct
we were now travelling straight across
Wilczek Land and Dove glacier without
seeing any land near us
Winter In the Frozen North.
"On Aug. 26 we reached spot in 81
degrees 3 minutes north and 56 degrees
cast evidently well suited to wintering
| and as II was now too late for the voyage
to Spitzbergen 1 considered 1t wisest tC
stop and prepare for winter We shot bear,
and walrusos and built a hut OF stones
earth and moss, making the roof Of walrui
hide tied down with rope and covered Will
snow. We used the blubbor for cooking
light and heat. The bear meat and the
blubber were our only food for ten months
Tho boarskins formed our beds and sleep
ing bag. Tho winter, however, passed
WELL and we were both in perfect health
Spring came with sunshine and with muol
open water to the southwest We hoped C
have an easy voyage TO Spitzbergen owe
the Zoe of ice and the open water. We wer'
Obliged TO manufacture new clothes from
blankets and new sleeping bag of bear
skin. Our provisions were raw bear mea
and blubber.
"On May 10 we were at last ready 4
start We came to open wotor on May y
in 81 degrees 5 minutes north, but wer
retarded by storms until Juno 3. A littl
south Of 81 degrees we found land extend
ed westward and open water which reach
ed west-northwest along its north coast
but we preferred TO travel southwark owe
the ice through broad sound.
1--WE came on June II to the south sid
of the island and found much open waite
trending westward. We sailed and paddle
in this direction in order to proceed acros
to Spitzbergon from the most westwar
cape, but Payers map was misleading
1--WE left Franz Josef Land In the steam
. er Windward on Aug. and had a shoi
and very pleasant passage, thanks TO ii
masterly way in which Captain Brow
brought his ship through the ice, an
thence IN the open sea to Nardoo.
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