56 PLAN AND PREPARATIONS 



certain proportion of dried milk and middlings. Both 

 kinds were equally excellent, and the dogs were always 

 in splendid condition. The pemmican was divided into 

 rations of 1 pound li ounces, and could be served out 

 to the dogs as it was. But before we should be able to 

 use this pemmican we had a five months' voyage before 

 us, and for this part of the expedition I had to look for 

 a reliable supply of dried fish. This I found through 

 the agent of the expedition at Tromso, Mr. Fritz Zappf e. 

 Two well-known firms also placed large quantities of 

 the best dried fish at my disposal. With all this ex- 

 cellent fish and some barrels of lard we succeeded in 

 bringing our dogs through in the best of condition. 



One of the most important of our preparations was 

 to find good dogs. As I have said, I had to act with 

 decision and promptitude if I was to succeed in getting 

 everything in order. The day after my decision was 

 made, therefore, I was on my way to Copenhagen, where 

 the Inspectors for Greenland, Messrs. Daugaard- Jensen 

 and Bentzen, were to be found at that moment. The 

 director of the Royal Greenland Trading Company, 

 Mr. Rydberg, showed, as before, the most friendly 

 interest in my undertaking, and gave the inspectors a 

 free hand. I then negotiated with these gentlemen, 

 and they undertook to provide 100 of the finest Green- 

 land dogs and to deliver them in Norway in July, 1910. 

 The dog question was thus as good as solved, since the 

 choice was placed in the most expert hands. I was 





