Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-04-25
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fnchor, and steamed away in pursuit of the ice,
but / stipulated that course should lie
straight in the direction of Jan NIayen The
weather was bright and clear and at a. m. we
sighted distant iceberg between ourselves and
the Greenland coast. At IL 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 guillemots two Arctic skua, and few puff
fms AT 2 p. m. had steamed eighty-five miles.
No ice had been seen and only few fulmars
and kittiwakes came within sight of the yacht
7:20 p. m. Log 14s miles. northerly 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 kittiwakes
9:I5 p IN. Log $50 miles Very clear weather.
The sun set at about 11:1 p. m. The wind
westerly. and there 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 II. | knew that Jan Mayen could
not be far off. At 7:15 a. m. | again looked out
and dim outline of cliffs ahead. lost above
in mist and cloud. Great numbers of Brunnch's
guillemots fumars and n few kittwakes were
flying round, sure sign of the proximity of land
The Thermometer deck registered As degrees
Fahrenheit and the log 290 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. a long, low-ying peninsula stretched
out to the southwest, and the mist cleared off
and opened up the high cliffs in front of us
could that the tops 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 curl
Gus rusty red color Suggestive of from mixed
with the black lava. not whether It
only the sight of them which frightened my
captain, but. at all events, he believed his com
passes to be affected, and not enjoying him
self as much as ! was Along the short a
line of broken ice. The temperature of the water
at a. m. was Il degrees and at so a m. &c
degrees. AS steamed along from South Cape
to South East Cape that Beerenberg.
which at first appeared part of the cliffs in front
of us. separated from them by low stretch
of land, one mile and half wide, and apparently
little above sea level. Had there been surf,
it looked easy place to land but under the
circumstances 1t impossible. By the time
we reached this isthmus the whole island was
clear, except for few feecy clouds the
southern end. Leaving the isthmus behind us,
passed the remarkable crater Egg Bluff
once, believe island. but apparently
connected with the shore. One side of it has
been worn away by the 1t is 600 feet high,
and from its inner wall steam is said to be al
ways rising
1t was the warmest day had had since leav-
ing England and / spent the whole morning on
the bridge without a coat. Shortly after passing
Egg Buf we steamed under Beerenberg which
on this glorious cloudless day. was dazzling in
its snowy whiteness. At noon the thermometer
registered 40 degrees. the temperature of the wa.