[41] Hauled them up again. [↑]
[43] Guessed, i.e., estimated. [↑]
[44] Noordtkien. The extreme northern point of the main land of Norway, and consequently of the continent of Europe. [↑]
[45] Soo dreven wy in stilte—so we drifted in a calm. [↑]
[47] These were some merchant vessels, bound for the White Sea, with which the expedition had fallen in, and which now parted from it. [↑]
[48] Here again, as on the 15th of August (see page 36, note 1), the note of the sun’s bearing can only be regarded as approximative. It must, in fact, be understood to mean when the sun came to the meridian. [↑]