9:38
And behind us , just above the horizon , a segment of purple sky where a storm was gathering -- a deep purple which was mirrored in the placid patches of open water , and darkened the ice-floes to a solemn , sombre hue . Elza was entranced , though she had made many trans-Polar trips . But Georg , now again at the controls , kept his eyes on the instruments ; and the doctor , trying vainly once more to talk with his laboratory , now so close ahead of us , sat in moody silence . It was 9:38 when we sighted , well off to the right , the rocky headland of Cape Chelusin -LSB- 7 -RSB- -- the most northerly point of Eurasia . A long , low cliff of grey rock , ridged white with snow in its clefts . We swung toward it , at greatly decreased speed , and at an altitude of only a few hundred feet . -LSB- Footnote 7 : Now Cape Chelyuskin , Laimur Peninsula , Siberia . -RSB-