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six a.m. this was good, then the influence of the 

 sun began to be felt, and the sledge sank deeper and 

 deeper. 



We pitched our tent over against a huge ice-block, and 

 were soon under the bed-clothes, but not for long, for the 

 sun shone so powerfully on the tent that by one p.m. the 

 temperature was 81° Fahr., whilst in the shade the glass 

 stood some degrees below freezing. 



We started again at one a.m., and even for the 

 short stretch of a mile and a half we had to divide 

 our baggage, some of which had to be left behind. 

 Whilst Iversen and the boatswain effected this change, 

 we climbed the Ruthner to signal. On the way from 

 the ice-block to the shore we saw traces of a sledge, 

 which we rightly attributed to Lieutenant Payer, who, 

 not being able to penetrate the Fjord, had to return to 

 the ship. 



After reading the barometer on the shore we climbed 

 the mountain. In the snow were traces of musk- 

 oxen, reindeer, lemmings, foxes, and hares ; a bear, 

 too, was seen in the distance. The upper part of 

 this mountain consists, I believe, of mica-schist, the 

 strata of which falls at an inclination of about 30° to 

 the north-west. 



Below IS rather a rich vegetation, particularly of 

 Andromeda tetragona, whilst above, where the stones lie 

 loose, there is no trace of it. Here the first flies were evi- 

 dently enjoying the warmth of the stones ; the top we 

 found was formed of a steep roof of snow and ice, not 

 very extensive, but enough to make it of no use to us. 

 This was unfortunate, as all the points of our triangle, 

 such as Tellplattc, Pendulum, and Hiihnerberg, could 



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