JOURNEY BY SLEDGE TO THE FLIGELY FJORD. 321 



On the 18th of September (20° Fahr.) a grey foggy 

 curtain hung over Fligely Fjord. Tramnitz and EUinger 

 went to look for the missing weapon ; others collected 

 drift-wood on the shore, whilst Payer completed the 

 materials for the chart, and the geological collection. 



At four p.m. we started on our return to the ship, as 

 unfortunately our provisions forbade a longer stay. 

 Further investigation of so important a discovery as 

 Ardencaple Inlet, and that of the Fjord opening into 

 it, could have been easily carried on under any other 

 circumstances. 



The already-mentioned broad fissure in the road over 

 the Fjord, brought us this time into an unpleasant 

 position, for Klentzer broke through with the sledge. 

 He succeeded in working himself up on to a stronger 

 piece of ice ; but as the water soaked through the bag- 

 gage, the sledge sunk deeper and deeper. As it was 

 impossible to pull it out on to the thin ice without 

 unloading, we cut the ropes and brought the goods, one 

 by one, on to the ice, and lastly the sledge also. Both of 

 the barometers fell victims to this mishap, and from the 

 theodolite-case the water spurted as if it had been 

 touched by Moses' wand. 



We were now forced to encamp at once on the shore, 

 in order to dry our blankets, &c., by a fire of Andro- 

 meda.^ That this was not quite a success may be be- 

 lieved, at a temperature of 18° Fahr. 



The saturated and frozen tent we could with difficulty 

 raise at all; the folds were like lead. We suffered 

 not a little from the cold that night ; the weather at the 



^ This fuel had to be sought under fresh fallen snow, whereby 1 had 

 a finger frostbitten. 



