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which a glacier has its rise. To the right the mountain 

 dechnes in not very steep slopes on to the flat shore of 

 Hansa Bay. One more gently sloping hill, and we are at the 

 top ; to the north, the declivity is so steep that the little 

 stones can scarcely lie upon it without rolling. Turning 

 from here to the plateau, which sinks by degrees to the 

 west, towards the Kronenberg, a most picturesque and 

 interesting amphitheatre is seen, consisting of basaltic 

 columns. Numbers of them lie in fragments, which are 

 ever increased by others falling amongst them with a 

 thundering noise. But many columns, from six to nine 

 feet thick and hundreds of feet high, still mthstand the 

 storms and other influences which seek to destroy them. 

 Many stand quite isolated, and being broken in several 

 places, lean overhanging against each other in such a 

 way that they threaten to fall every moment : but it 

 requires other strength than that of the hand of man 

 to hurl such masses from their position. The whole of 

 this valley which surrounds the Kronenberg to the east, 

 resembles the crumbled wall of a crater, and is grandly 

 picturesque. 



On the 9tli of May, Copeland and Iversen passed four 

 hours on the top of this mountain (2252 feet high), which 

 is not only the highest point of the island but of the 

 whole group. 



By the 14th of May our base was completely measured ; 

 the sledge was packed, the stakes made even once more, 

 and at ten p.m. we started on another journey. We left 

 the ship accompanied by Capt. Koldewey, who with four 

 men helped us to pull for some miles. It was greatly to 

 be wished that we might be able to carry our triangle as far 

 as Haystack. Three nautical miles from the ship our friends 



