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For several days we sailed along the rocky coast of Franz Josef Land. Finally, a favoring wind came up that enabled us to make the West Coast, and, after sailing twenty four hours, we came to a beautiful inlet. One could hardly believe it was the far Northland. FOR SEVERAL DAYS WE SAILED ALONG THE ROCKY COAST OF FRANZ JOSEPH LAND FINALLY A FAVOURING WIND CAME UP THAT ENABLED US TO MAKE THE WEST COAST AND AFTER SAILING TWENTY FOUR HOURS WE CAME TO A BEAUTIFUL INLET ONE COULD HARDLY BELIEVE IT WAS THE FAR NORTHLAND
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. 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. SSION 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 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
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