Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-04-30

anchor and steamed away In pursuit OF the Ice.
but II stipulated that our course should lie
straight In the direction OF Jan Mayen. The
weather was bright and clear. and at q. m. we
sighted distant iceberg between ourselves and
the Greenland coast. At IL q. 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 we're in sight, and had seen
two guiilemots. two Arctic skua and few put.
inns. d At p. m. we had steamed eighty-hve miles
No Ice had been seen, and only few fulmars
and kittiwakes came within sight Of the yacht
i II: 20 u M; Log 148 miles. A northery breeze
J 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 few fulmars and kittiwakes
9:16 p. m. Log $50 miles. Very clear weather.
The sun set at about 11:15 p. The wind was
westerly and as there was very heavy swell,
little sleep was to be had. Bright sunshine
;cheered me when I 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 be5 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 Brunnich'ss
euillemots, fumarsl and . few kitiWakess were
flying round, sure sign Of the proximity q land.
The thermometer on 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 sea level, where one
could trace the aim OutIlne OF lanO. AB we Ap
preached a long, lowlying peninsula stretched
out to the southwest, and as the mist cleared on
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 ravines. The whole island Is apparently
studded with craters. and the tops OF the cliffs
form huge rugged basins The cliffs are q curl.
GUS rusty red color (suggestive of iron) mixed
with the black, lava. 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 was Along the short was
line of broken ice The temperature Of the water
at 9 a. m. was al degrees and at 1850 a. m. sc
degrees. AS we steamed along from South Cape
to South East Cape saw 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 one mile and half wide and apparently
little above sea level. Had there been no surf.
1t looked an easy place to land but under the
circumstances it impossible. BY the time
we reached this isthmus the whole island was
clear, except for few feecy clouds over the
southern end. Leaving the isthmus behind US,
we passed the remarkable crater. Egg Bluh,
once, I believe, an island, but now apparently
connected with the shore. One side of It has
been worn away by the sea. It 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 a coat. Shortly after passing
Egg Blur We steamed under Beerenberg. which.
on this glorious, cloudless day, was daxzling in
its snowy Wilderness. At noon the Thermometer
registered 40 degrees. the temperature Of the va.