Tímarit Þjóðræknisfélags Íslendinga - 01.01.1934, Page 41

Landskoðimarferðin til Alaska 1874
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afternoon we got a fresh breeze from
the South. At 814 p.m. we made about
G knots.
October 3rd (Saturday):—Same wind.
12 N. Latitude 50° 27'. Longitude 141°.
October 4th (Sunday): — About 2
o’clock in the night the wind turned
eastward and then veered around the
horizon to N.W. when there blew up a
heavy storm. We were going west (2°
South). Going 4-3 knots nearly with-
out sails. Storm continued all forenoon.
At noon we were 51° 18' North Latitude,
Longitude 141°---- Same weather all
day.
October 5th (Monday):—Still in the
morning. At 10 o’clock a.m. we had
520 miles left to Cook’s Inlet.-At 11
o’clock it began to blow a little. S.E.
Wind which increased in the afternoon
(with rain) until we made 8-9 knots.
October 6th (Tuesday):—S.W. Wind.
At noon we were on Latitude 53° 40'
and Longtitude 147°. Good South Wind
all day.
October 7th (Wednesday): — Same
wind. At about 914 o’clock a.m. land
in sight. Reported on deck. It must be
Kodiak Island. False Report. Latitude
55° 57', Longitude 148° 49'. Slow wind
in the afternoon and after supper it
rained----
N.B.—We are going to anchor first at
Fort Nicholas and make excursions from
there. Then going South we will anchor
at Cold Point (Harbor) visiting the
Coal Mines and thence we will go to
Kodiak, to St. Paul and make an over-
land journey west to the Sea, etc.
October 8th (Thursday):—Nearly still.
Latitude 56° 40'. In the afternoon a lit-
tle breeze from N.W. We sailed West.
October 9th (Friday):—2 o’clock a.m.
we were on N.W. Course again and had
wind. When we awoke in the morning,
we had land in sight on both sides and
in front. At 12 o’clock we were straight
east of St. Paul on Kodiak Island.
October lOth (Saturday): — In the
morning we had left Baron Island be-
hind us and had Cape Elizabeth to the
right. We had North Wind all day and
advanced slowly. We saw Iliamna
Mountains 12,000 ft. high. There were
large forests and we saw an opening of
a valley very near to the sea. Little
bottom land and little snow in the
mountain.---On the East side we had
seen more snow in the Mountain. There
we saw a small settlement (3 houses).
October llth (Sunday):—In the morn-
ing we were about 35 miles from Fort
Licholas, having remained there over
night. We had a fine country on the
right hand side. Proceeding slowly this
day we had a nice country covered with
forests on both sides, especially on the
right. When we anchored in the even-
ing, we had a settlement on our right
side.
October 12th (Monday):—We lifted
anchor at 11 o’clock a.m. and sailed in
foggy and dark weather and rain at
last, and anchored at 6 p.m. about 6-7
miles from Fort Nicholas.
October 13th (Tuesday):—We had
Fort Nicholas on our right and the Big
Island on the left in the morning.
About 10 o’clock it began to clear up.
At 12 o’clock we lifted anchor. At
about 11 o’clock we asked for the
Steamer to visit the Island but could
not go. Very strong current 4-5 knots.
Both Island and the Main land seemed
to be beautiful. We sailed westward
(15 knots) and turned again 3 or 4
times. Then it became rainy and cloudy
again and we anchored at about 4
o’clock without being able to enter the
harbor. The Pilot seems to be very
ignorant and scarcely to know the har-
bor. I can hardly believe him to have
been here before. We sounded (the
Depths) every moment. (Finally we
stopped for over night).
October 14th (Wednesday): — Same
cloudy weather though not much rain.
Very cold: Thermometer at 49 at 8
o’clock a.m., on Steerage, 34 on Deck.
We stood still all day, in fog and wind-
less weather.