. 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 . set inthick, so we made for more open water. Thesea was quite calm, and we all greatly enjoyedthe exercise of a row around the ship a num-ber of times, but could not venture far awayon account of the fog. Mr. Lerners Expressagain seen in the offing. OFF THE NORTHWEST COAST OF SPITSBERGEN,THE NORWAYS, AND CLOVENCLIFF ISLAND Monday, July 9 Soon after midnight we secured a freshsupply of
. 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 . set inthick, so we made for more open water. Thesea was quite calm, and we all greatly enjoyedthe exercise of a row around the ship a num-ber of times, but could not venture far awayon account of the fog. Mr. Lerners Expressagain seen in the offing. OFF THE NORTHWEST COAST OF SPITSBERGEN,THE NORWAYS, AND CLOVENCLIFF ISLAND Monday, July 9 Soon after midnight we secured a freshsupply of water in a novel manner. Wemade fast to a large, flat ice-floe on whichthe trained eyes of the Captain recognizedthe signs of a fresh-water pond. A sailor,after first tasting the water to see that itwas not brackish, chopped a hole in the iceformed on the surface of the pond, throughwhich a beautiful blue was reflected; thenozzle of a hose attached to a pump wasthen inserted in the aperture and the waterpumped into a cask on deck. Mr. Learmonth shot a seal measuring sixfeet six inches, early in the morning. Sealseemed to be rather scarce and since no bearwere to be seen on the ice fields, we deter- [4o]. fsm^t-
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