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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. 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
l casks of drinking-water, and then sailed toward Spitzbergen. For the first few days we had an open sea and a favoring wind, and then we encountered much ice and many icebergs. A vessel larger than our little fishing-sloop could not possibly have threaded 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.) VERAL CASKS OF DRINKING WATER AND THEN SAILED TOWARDS SPITZBERG FOR THE FIRST FEW DAYS WE HAD AN OPEN SEA AND A FAVOURING WIND AND THEN WE ENCOUNTERED MUCH ICE AND MANY ICEBERGS A VESSEL LARGER THAN OUR LITTLE FISHING SLOPE COULD NOT POSSIBLY HAVE TREADED 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
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