"Mr. Milne pooh-poohs my fears, and says it is only the "skipper's
little way." He himself takes a very rosy view of the situation.
According to him we shall be out of the ice by the day after to-
morrow, pass Jan Meyen two days after that, and sight Shetland in
little more than a week. I hope he may not be too sanguine. His
opinion may be fairly balanced against the gloomy precautions of
the Captain, for he is an old and experienced seaman, and weighs
his words well before uttering them."

Part of Norwegian coast that I cannot find on map.

It's an island:

http://islands.unep.ch/ICM.htm#814

Dear Faldage: I had looked at that site, and still don't see any map showing it. Frustrating.

Try this one Dr Bill, jan Meyan is left of centre at the top of the sheet.

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/reference_maps/europe.html

Dear dxb: Thanks for that URL. First time CIA helped me.