The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . now the waterafter being,filtered is almost drinkable. It has assumed ayellowish-grey colour and is nearly opaque, so that tl e vessel 144 THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. [chap. appears to sail in clay mud. We evidently in the area ofthe Ob-Yenisej current. The ice we sailed through yesterdayprobably came from the Gulf of Obi, Yenisej or Pjiisina. Itssurface was dirty, not clean and white like the surface ofglacier-ice or the sea-ice that has never come in contact w
The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . now the waterafter being,filtered is almost drinkable. It has assumed ayellowish-grey colour and is nearly opaque, so that tl e vessel 144 THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. [chap. appears to sail in clay mud. We evidently in the area ofthe Ob-Yenisej current. The ice we sailed through yesterdayprobably came from the Gulf of Obi, Yenisej or Pjiisina. Itssurface was dirty, not clean and white like the surface ofglacier-ice or the sea-ice that has never come in contact withland or with muddy river-water. Off the large rivers the ice,when the snow has melted, is generally covered with a yellowlayer of clay. This clay evidently consists of mud, which hadbeen washed down by the river-water and been afterwardsthrown up by the swell on the snow-covered ice. The layer ofsnow acts as a filter and separates the mud from the former, therefore, after the melting of the snow may formupon true sea-ice a layer of dirt, containing a large number ofminute organisms which live only in fresh SECTION FROM THE SOUTH COAST OF MATOTSCHKIN SOUND, Showing the origin of Stone-ramparts at the beach. August 5fli. Still under sail in the Kara Sea, in which afew pieces of ice are floating about. The ice completely dis-appeared when we came north-west of Beli Ostrov. We wereseveral times in the course of the day in only nine metres ofwater, which, however, in consequence of the evenness of thebottom, is not dangerous. Fog, a heavy sea, and an intermittentbut pretty fresh breeze delayed our progress. August Gth. At three oclock in the morning we bad landin sight. In the fog we had gone a little way up the Gulfof Yenisej, and so had to turn in order to reach our Dickson. The mast-tops of the Express were seen pro-jecting over islands to the north, and both vessels soon anchoredsouth of an island which was supposed to be Dicksons Island, IV
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