CHAPTER XIV

Captain Thomas Long.—Discovery of Wrangell Land.—Captain Carlsen and Captain Palliser sail across the Sea of Kara.—Captain Johannesen circumnavigates Nova Zembla.—First German expedition.—Second German expedition.—_Germania_, Captain Koldewey commanding.—_Hansa_, Captain Hegemann.—Departure from Bremen.—Crossing the Arctic Circle.—Island of Jan Mayen.—The ice line.—Separation from the _Hansa_.—Adrift on the ice-floe.—Winter.—Final rescue.—_Germania_ beset.—Winter.—Sledging parties.—Lieutenant Payer’s remarkable journey—77° 1´ north latitude.—Return of the _Germania_ 268