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Never, before or since, have I seen so many sea fowl; they were so numerous that they hid the rocks on the coast line and darkened the sky. NEVER BEFORE OR SINCE HAVE I SEEN SO MANY SEA FOWL THEY WERE SO NUMEROUS THAT THEY HID THE ROCKS ON THE COAST LINE AND DARKENED THE SKY
d its way among the labyrinth of icebergs or squeezed through the barely open channels. These monster bergs presented an endless succession of crystal palaces, of massive cathedrals and fantastic mountain ranges, grim and sentinel-like, immovable as some towering cliff of solid rock, standing; silent as a sphinx, resisting the restless waves of a fretful sea. After many narrow escapes, we arrived at Spitzbergen on the 23d of June, and anchored at Wijade Bay for a short time, where we were quite successful in our catches. We then lifted anchor and sailed through the Hinlopen Strait, and coasted along the North-East-Land.(2) (2 It will be remembered that Andree started on his fatal balloon voyage from the northwest coast of Spitzbergen.) A strong wind came up from the southwest, and my father said that we had better take advantage of it and try to reach Franz Josef Land, where, the year before he had, by accident, found the ivory tusks that had brought him such a good price at Stockholm. DED ITS WAY AMONG THE LABYRINTH OF ICEBERGS AND SQUEEZED THROUGH THE BARELY OPEN CHANNELS THESE MONSTER BERGS PRESENTED AN ENDLESS SUCCESSION OF CRYSTAL PALACES OF MASS OF CATHEDRALS AND FANTASTIC MOUNTAIN RANGES GRIM AND SENTINEL LIKE IMMOVABLE AS SOME TOWERING CLIFF OF SOLID ROCKS STANDING SILENT AS A SPHINX RESISTING THE RESTLESS WAVES OF A FRETFUL SEA AFTER MANY NARROW ESCAPES WE ARRIVED AT SPITZBERGEN ON THE TWENTY THIRD OF JUNE AND ANCHORED AT HUDYARD BAY FOR A SHORT TIME WHERE WE WERE QUITE SUCCESSFUL IN OUR CATCHES WE THEN LIFTED ANCHOR AND SAILED THROUGH THE HINLOPEN STRAIT AND COASTED ALONG THE NORTH EAST LAND SUBODE TWO IT WILL BE REMEMBERED THAT ANDRE STARTED ON HIS FATAL BALLOON VOYAGE FROM THE NORTH WEST COAST OF SPITZBERGEN A STRONG WIND CAME UP FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND MY FATHER SAID THAT WE HAD BETTER TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT AND TRIED TO REACH FRANZ JOSEPH LAND WHERE THE YEAR BEFORE HE HAD BY ACCIDENT FOUND THE IVORY TUCKS THAT HAD BROUGHT HIM SUCH A GOOD PRICE AT STOCKHOLM
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