Seafaring Sunday: HMS Helca

In the forenoon an ice-berg was seen ahead.  To one who, like myself, was a stranger to  these climes, I need scarcely apologize for mentioning the novel beauty of the evening of this day.  At a quarter past ten the sunset: the sky over-head was of the purest azure, here and there sprinkled with light silvery clouds of the most fantastic forms.  As about mid-heaven in the western sky, a range of purple clouds, edged with vivid gold, formed a delightful contrast with the softened glowing scene...  ~ Captain G. F Lyon of HMS Helca June 16, 18 21

Header: Dawn of Night by John Ottis Adams via American Gallery