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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. 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
e of his northern cruises the previous year, and he expressed the hope that this time we might again be fortunate enough to load our little fishing-sloop with ivory, instead of cod, herring, mackerel and salmon. We put in at Hammerfest, latitude seventy-one degrees and forty minutes, for a few days' rest. Here we remained one week, laying in an extra supply of provisions and several 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.  OF FRANCIFLAND DURING ONE OF HIS NORTHERN CRUISES THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND HE EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THIS TIME WE MIGHT AGAIN BE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO LOAD OUR LITTLE FISHING SLOPE WITH IVORY INSTEAD OF COD HERRING MACKREL AND SALMON WE PUT IN AT HAMMERFEST LATITUDE SEVENTY ONE DEGREES AND FORTY MINUTES FOR A FEW DAYS REST HERE WE REMAINED ONE WEEK LAYING IN AN EXTRA SUPPLY PROVISIONS AND SEVERAL 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
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