The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-04-26
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anchor, and steamed away in pursuit of the ice.
but ! stipulated that course should lie
straight in the direction Of Jan Mayen. The
weather was bright and clear. and at 8 a. m we
sighted distant iceberg between ourselves and
the Greenland coast At II a. m there was no
other sign of Ice, though had come over fifty
miles. Birds were very scarce, generally only
or two fulmars in sight, and had seen
two guillemots, two Arctic skua, and few puff.
fins. At p m. we had steamed eighty-five miles
No ice had been seen, and only few fulmars
and kittiwakes came within sight of the yacht
1920 p. m. Log AS miles. A northsry breeze
sprung up, and the temperature of the water was
40 degrees. 1t had been ~ degrees two hours
earlier had only seen one RaZorbill in the
afternoon and few fulmars and kttiwakes
9:15 p m. Log $50 miles Very clear weather.
The sun set at about 11:15 p. The wind was
westerly, and there very heavy swell.
little sleep was to be had Bright sunshine
cheered when looked out in the early hours
Of the following morning There sign Of
ice, and evidently had been seen. or should
have heard of it. | knew that Jan Mayen could
not be far of At 7:15 a m. | again looked out.
and saw dim outline of cliffs ahead lost above
In mist and cloud. Great numbers of Brunnichs
guillemots, fulmars and few kittiwakes
flying round, sure sgr of the proximity of land.
The Thermometer on deck registered As 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 level where one
could trace the dim outline Of land. AS we ap-
preached, long, low-lying peninsula stretched
out to the southwest and the mist cleared off
and opened up the high cliffs in front of U.S.
we could see that the tops were covered with
vegetation. and snow lay only in patches in the
deep ravnes 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 not sure whether It
was only the sight of them which frightened my
captain, but. at all events, he believed his CON-
passes to be affected, and was not enjoying him.
self as much as was Along the short was q
line Of broken ice. The temperature Of the water
at a. m. was Al degrees and at TO- 50 a. m. 36
degrees. AS we steamed along from South Cape
to South East Cape that Beerenberg
which at first appeared part Of the cliffs in front
or US, was separated from them by low stretch
OF land, one mile and a half wide, and apparently
little above sea level Had there been no surf
1t looked an easy place to land. but under the
circumstances 1t 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 u.s.
we passed the remarkable crater. Egg Blur,
once. believe. island. but now apparently
connected with the shore. One side Of Il has
been worn away by the II 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 Ieav
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 /,
Its snowy whteness. At noon the thermometer
registered 40 degrees the temperature OF the wa