New lands within the Arctic circle Narrative of the discoveries of the Austrian ship "Tegetthoff" in the years 1872-1874

CHAPTER X.

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THE SUMMER OF 1873 _page_ 162-172

1. Decay of the walls of the ice.—2. The blaze of light on clear days.—3. Our constant digging.—4. Continual sinking of the ship.—5. Nothing but ice.—6. Short expeditions.—7. Feast on the birthday of the Emperor.—8. Table showing our change of place.—9. Some paragraphs from the Admiral’s report of the _Tegetthoff_—10. Sounding the depth of the sea.