gainvard's

Updated: July 25, 2026

Gainvard's expedition quitted Hammerfest, the northernmost town in Scandinavia, and after a voyage of some weeks in duration, approached the gloomy coast of ice-bound Spitzbergen. The ice-fields and the icebergs inspired Madame d'Aunet with profound emotion, and, in describing them, she breaks out into what may be called a lyrical cry.

W. H. Davenport Adams - Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century