. The log of the "Laura" in polar seas; a hunting cruise from Tromsö, Norway to Spitsbergen, the polar ice off east Greenland and the island of Jan Mayen in the summer of 1906, kept by Bettie Fleischmann Holmes . remainder of thecrew in Arctic service were as follows: firstengineer Eversen, one year; second engineerHarry Kjeldsen, one year; harpooners JacobOlsen and Peter Petersen, five and four yearsrespectively; and the carpenter Hans Dahl,two years. Of the sailors, Anders Andersenand Jacob Jacobsen had served two years,Odin Olsen three, and Hans Pedersen andfireman Hendriksen one year. The
. The log of the "Laura" in polar seas; a hunting cruise from Tromsö, Norway to Spitsbergen, the polar ice off east Greenland and the island of Jan Mayen in the summer of 1906, kept by Bettie Fleischmann Holmes . remainder of thecrew in Arctic service were as follows: firstengineer Eversen, one year; second engineerHarry Kjeldsen, one year; harpooners JacobOlsen and Peter Petersen, five and four yearsrespectively; and the carpenter Hans Dahl,two years. Of the sailors, Anders Andersenand Jacob Jacobsen had served two years,Odin Olsen three, and Hans Pedersen andfireman Hendriksen one year. The chefKristiansen, the cabin steward Hansen, themess cook Altman, and the mess-boy Ger-hard Krave, had each seen from one to twoyears service. We had spent five days in Tromso beforesailing, but at last were ready, and at mid-night of Saturday, June i6, we went onboard the Laura all eagerness and excitement,for the long-anticipated moment of departurehad come. [] / It had rained almost incessantly during ourstay in Tromso, but the sun, as if repentantfor the chariness of its favors, shone with allthe glory of its midnight splendor, like a g§odomen upon our setting, forth, and seemed^|obid us GOOD [:2] THE LOG THE LAURA CHARTERED BY COL. MAX G. FLEISGHMANN OF CINCINNATI, U. S. A. COMMANDER, MAGNUS K. GIAEVER CAPTAIN, JENS OlEN FIRST MATE, KRISTIAN PETTERSEN PASSENGERSCOL. MAX C. FLEISCHMANNMRS. MAX C. FLEISGHMANNDR. CHRISTIAN R. HOLMESMRS. CHRISTIAN R. HOLMESCARL FLEISCHMANN HOLMESAll of Cincinnati MR. NOEL G. LIVINGSTON-LEARMQNTHof Blandford, England A. KENNEDY. Valet
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