The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . place and landedthere. On the shore stood a very old hut, already completelyfilled with earth. It probably dated from some of the expe-ditions which visited the region in the beginning of the century. ^ According to Johannesens determination. On Wrangels map thelatitude of this cape is given as 73^ 30. Johannesen found the longitudeto be 125° 31 instead of 127°. vni.] SEARCHING FOR THE LANDMARK. 277 Wild reindeer were seen in large numbers. As according to thecon
The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . place and landedthere. On the shore stood a very old hut, already completelyfilled with earth. It probably dated from some of the expe-ditions which visited the region in the beginning of the century. ^ According to Johannesens determination. On Wrangels map thelatitude of this cape is given as 73^ 30. Johannesen found the longitudeto be 125° 31 instead of 127°. vni.] SEARCHING FOR THE LANDMARK. 277 Wild reindeer were seen in large numbers. As according to thecontract which has been quoted the landmark was to be visiblefrom Cape Olonek, Johannesen steamed once more to the west,running as close to the land as possible. But as the water herebecame shallower and shallower without any signal-tower beingvisible, Johannesen had to find his way himself through thedelta; and for this purpose he determined to search for theeasternmost arm of the river, which, on the maps, is drawnas being very broad, and also appears to have been made use ofby the vessels of the great northern expeditions. ^. THE STEAMER LENA. Forty kilometres east of the northern extremity of the Lenadelta Johannesen encountered three sandbanks, which he sailed According to Latkin (Petermanns Mittheilungen, 1879, p. 92), the Lenadelta is crossed by seven main arms, the westernmost of which iscalled Anatartisch. It debouches into the sea at a cape 58 feet highnamed Ice Cape (Ledjanoi). Next come the river arm Bjelkoj, then Tumat,at whose mouth a landmark erected by Laptev in 1739 is still in come the other three main arms, Kychistach, Trofimov, and Kisch-lach, and finally the very broad eastmost arm, Bychov. Probably some ofthe smaller river arms are to be preferred for sailing up the river to thisbroad arm, which is fouled by shoals. 278 THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. [chap. round. After passing these the water became deeper, so thathe could advance at a distance of
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