Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-04-25
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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 a. m. we
sighted distant iceberg between ourselves ard
the Greenland coast. At II a. m. there was no
other sign OF ice. though had over fifty
miles. Birds we're 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. we had steamed eightyive miles.
No ice had been seen, and only few fumars
and kittiwakes came within sight of the yacht
1920 p. M Log AS miles northerly breeze
sprung up, and the temperature of the water was
40 degrees. 1t had been AZ degrees two hours
earlier had only seen one Razorbill in the
afternoon and a few fulmars and kittiwakes,
9:15 D. M Log $50 miles. Very clear weather.
The sun set at about 11:15 p The wind was
westerly, and there was 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 Brunnichs
guillemots. fulmars and few kttiwakes were
flying round a sure sign of the proximity of land.
The Thermometer on deck registered As degrees
Fahrenheit and the log 2s0 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-lying peninsula stretched
out to the southwest, and as the mist cleared oil
and opened up the high cliffs in front OF us,
we could see that the tops were covered with
vegetation, and snow lay only i'll 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 curl
GUS rusty red color (suggestive of from mixed
with the black lava. I am not sure whether 1t
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 a. m was Al degrees and at 1880 a. m. S6
degrees AS we steamed along from South Cape
to South East Cape that Beerenberg,
which at first appeared part of the cifs in front
Of u.s. was separated from them by a low stretch
Of land. one mile and half vide and apparently
little above sea level. Had there been no surf.
it looked an easy place to land but under the
circumstances 1t was impossible. BY the time
we reached this isthmus the whole island
clear, except for a few feecy clouds over the
southern end Leaving the isthmus 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. It Is 500 feet high,
and from it's 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 coat. Shortly after passing
Egg Bluff, we steamed under Beerenberg which.
on this glorious. cioudless day. was dazzling in
its snowy whiteness At noon the thermometer
registered 40 des-ses, the temperature OF the wa