Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-04-25
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anchor and steamed away in pursuit of the Ice
but / stipulated that should lie
straight In the direction of Jan Mayen. The
weather was bright and clear and at a. we
sighted distant iceberg between ourselves and
the Greenland coast. At IL 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 had seen
two guilemots. two Arctic skua, and few puff
fms. At p. m. we had steamed efghty-hve miles
No ice had been seen, and only few fulmars
and kittwakes came within sight of the yacht
1920 D. m Log 14S miles northerly breeze
sprung up. and the temperature of the water was
20 degrees. It had been AZ degrees two hours
earlier had only seen one Razorbill In the
afternoon and few fuimars and kittfwakes
915 D. m. Log 100 miles. Very clear weather
The sun set at about IL: is p. m. The wind was
westerly and as there was a very heavy swell
little sleep to be had. Bright sunshine
cheered me when 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. / knew that Jan Mayen could
not be far off, At 7:15 a. m / again looked out
and saw dim outline of cliffs ahead, lost above
In mist and cloud. Great numbers of Brunnchs
guillemots. fulmars and few kittiwakes were
flying round, sign of the proximity OF land
The thermometer deck registered As degrees
Fahrenheit and the log 29O miles. Gradually the
beautiful snow-covered volcano, Beerenberg. ap
peared above the cloud. All below was shrouded
in mist except lust above sea level where one
could trace the dim outlire of land. AS we ap
preached, a long lowlying peninsula stretched
out to the southwest, and the mist cleared on
and opened up the high cliffs in front of u.s.
we could 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 clfs are curl
GUS rusty red color suggestive Of iron) 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 he's com
passes to be affected, and was not enjoying him.
self as much as Along the short was q
line of broken Ice. The temperature OF the water
at a. m. was Al degrees and at 1880 a. m. IS
degrees. AS we steamed along from South Cape
to South East Cape that Beerenberg,
which at first appeared part of the cliffs in front
of u.s. was separated from them by a low stretch
of land mile and half WIDE and apparently
little above sea level Had there been no surf.
It looked an easy place to land but under the
we reached this isthmus the whole island was
clear except for few feecy clouds over the
southern end. Leaving the sthmus behind US,
we passed the remarkable crater Egg Bluff,
once. 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.
It was the warmest day we had had since leav-
ing England and spent the whole morning on
the bridge without coat. Shortly after passing
Egg Bluff, we steamed under Beerenberg which,
on this glorious, cloudless day. was dazzling II
its snowy Wilderness. At noon the Thermometer
registered 40 degrees the temperature Of the wa