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THE GERMAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION. 



of our provisions, and lastly the advanced time of year, 

 all warned us to return to the ship within a week. 

 During that time it would have been impossible even 

 under the most favourable condition of the snow, to 

 investigate the Fjord to any extent, as from our elevated 

 standing point we could see. We therefore decided to 

 alter our plans on the spot and to give all the time Ave 

 possibly could to the exploration of Kuhn Island. Events 

 showed that we had made a happy choice. 



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DEIOT ON KUilN ISLAND. 



After raising a trigonometrical signal on the top, about 

 six feet high, in the shape of a massive stone cone, A^e 

 returned to our tent, which had been guarded by Mieders 

 who was still snow-blind. An attempt to measure the 

 height of the mountain by the aneroid had failed from its 

 being disturbed. 



