Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-04-25

anchor, and steamed away in pursuit of the ice,
but stipulated that our course should lie
straight in the direction of Jan Mayen. The
weather was bright and clear, and at 8 a. m. we
sighted a distant iceberg between ourselves and
the Greenland coast. At II a. m. there was no
other sign of Ice, though we had come over fifty
miles Birds were very scarce, generally only
one or two fulmars were in sight, and I had seen
two guillemots. two Arctic skua, and a few puff
fins. At 2 p. m. we had steamed eighty-fve miles.
No ice had been seen, and only a few fulmars
and kittiwakes came within sight of the yacht
1920 p. m. Log las miles. A n%ortherly breeze
sprung up, and the temperature of the water was
40 degrees. 1t had been AZ degrees two hours
earlier. l had only seen one Razorbill in the
afternoon and a few fulmars and kittiwakes.
9:15 p. m. Log $50 miles. Very clear weather.
The sun set at about f1:15 p. m. The wind was
westerly, and as there was a very heavy swell.
little sleep was to be had. Bright sunshine
cheered me when l looked out in the early hours
of the following morning. There was no sign Of
ice, and evidently none had been seen, or | should
have heard of it. l knew that Jan Mayen could
not be far off. At 7:15 a. m. l again looked out,
and saw a dim outline of cliffs ahead, lost above
in mist and cloud. Great numbers of Brunnich's
guillemots, fulmars and a few kittiwakes were
flying round, a sure sign of the proximity Of land.
The Thermometer on deck registered 45 degrees
Fahrenheit and the log 200 miles. Gradually the
beautiful snow-covered volcano, Beerenberg, ap-
peared above the cloud. All below was shrouded
in mist, except just above sea level, where one
could trace the dim outline of land. AS we ap-
preached, a long, low-lying peninsula stretched
out to the southwest, and, as the mist cleared of
and opened up the high cliffs in front of us,
we could see that the tops were covered with
vegetation, and snow lay only in patches in the
deep ravines. The whole island is apparently
studded with craters, and the tops of the cliffs
form huge rugged basins. The cliffs are a curl
GUS rusty red color (suggestive of from mixed
with the black lava. I am not sure whether it
was only the sight Of them which frightened my
captain, but, at all events, he believed his com
passes to be affected, and was not enjoying him
self as much as I was. Along the short was a
line of broken ice. The temperature of the water
at 9 a. m. was Al degrees and at 10: so a. m. IS
to South East Cape we saw that Beerenberg,
OF US, was separated from them by a low stretch
little above sea level. Had there been no surf,
it looked an easy place to land. but under the
circumstances it was impossible. BY the time
we reached this isthmus the whole island was
clear, except for a few feecy clouds over the
southern end. Leaving the isthmus behind us,
we passed the remarkable crater. Egg Bluff,
once, l believe. an island, but now apparently
connected with the shore. One side of it has
been worn away by the sea. 1t is 600 feet high,
and from its inner wall steam is said to be al
ways rising.
1t was the warmest day we had had since leav-
ing England, and / spent the whole morning on
the bridge without a coat. Shortly after passing
Egg Bluff, we steamed under Beerenberg. which.
on this glorious, cloudless day, was dazzling in
its snowy whfteness. At noon the thermometer
registered 40 degrees. the temperature Of the wa