Category: Adventure
In the morning of July 9, 1897, Mr. E. J. Garwood and I, along with a small cargo of tourists, were delivered by the steamship _Lofoten_ on the shore of Advent Bay, Spitsbergen, just ten days after leaving London. Our party was completed by two men of Vesteraalen, Edward Niels...
In the morning of July 9, 1897, Mr. E. J. Garwood and I, along with a small cargo of tourists, were delivered by the steamship _Lofoten_ on the shore of Advent Bay, Spitsbergen,...
2. CHAPTER IIOur preparations being completed, we set forth up the Nordenskiöld Glacier, toward the unknown interior, on the morning of July 13. The first struggle up the steep, moraine-face...
3. CHAPTER IIIGarwood and I, for exercise, started out on ski, not daring to go far in the dense fog, for, except by following up the track, it was impossible to find the camp again once it h...
4. CHAPTER IVOn awaking in relative luxury, by the shore of Klaas Billen Bay, late in the afternoon of July 21, we were far from pushing eagerly forward to the labours of the day. It seemed...
5. CHAPTER VThe next morning (July 26), being beautifully fine, was devoted to an astronomical determination of our position and other preparations for carrying on a survey. A preliminary e...
6. CHAPTER VIExplorers in most parts of the world are able to sketch general maps of large areas, which they may have traversed only along a single line of route. Undulating country intersec...
7. CHAPTER VIIWhen the sun passed round behind the Pretender, casting his shadow out upon the glacier far beyond camp, a hard frost set in, sealing up the runlets of water and binding the loo...
8. CHAPTER VIIIAll appearances were convincing that the weather had finally broken up, but a charm seemed to lie upon King James Land this year, for next morning (August 7) was fine as ever, w...
9. CHAPTER IXOn boarding the _Kvik_ we were again in contact with the outside world. There was much to hear and something to tell, so that time passed quickly. Baron Bornemisza, returning fr...
10. CHAPTER XAfter breakfast in the afternoon of August 17, as things looked a little better, we loaded ourselves with provisions, instruments, &c., and decided to make an expedition at all...
11. CHAPTER XISince Nansen published his book, “The First Crossing of Greenland,” the English public has known of _ski_ and their use. Ski (pronounced _shee_) are Norwegian snowshoes, now adm...
12. CHAPTER XIIBefore taking leave of the reader it seems advisable to indicate briefly the general geographical results of our two seasons of exploration in the interior of Spitsbergen, and t...