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doubtedly due to numerous pools of water which in summer form on 

 ever}' sheet of ice where this is in process of melting. Numerous icebergs 

 scattered over the surface as far as we could see, bore witness that the sea 

 even in these high latitudes must be open every year for a short time in 

 the summer." 



(It was in the first days of July (1892) that Peary and Astrup 

 reached Navy Cliff.) 



District II. Danmarks Fjord. 



West of Кар Holbæk (lat. 80" 50', long. 26" 50'). Permanent 

 meat-depots were found here and 1 fox-trap. 



We know from Høeg Hagen's chart that Eskimo permanent 

 meat-depots (2) were found at the head of the hay west of Кар 

 Holbæk. 



Regarding earlier occupation and the conditions in Danmarks 

 Fjord Brønlund's diary gives the following information : 



"20th Мал'Ч — — As we gradually penetrated further into the fjord the 

 ice became easier going. Well on in the evening we called a halt, having 

 travelled about 9 Danish miles 2. Was this a fjord or a sound we were in — 

 that was what we wished to know; to-morrow we may expect to learn. At 

 the place where we rested, we found stones built up into a walP and a fox- 

 trap^ — the work of human beings from long vanished times. On the other 

 hand we saw no remains of houses or tent-rings -- — — ." 



Further: 



"21st May. In the afternoon we pushed on further. After proceeding 



about 2 miles (Dan.i^ we reached to the head of the fjord. — Signs of 



musk-ox. — — — We slept a little without setting up tent. — — — Early 

 next morning we set off to get out of the fjord. We found a piece of drift- 

 wood. — — " 



The place where the stone remains were found by the sledge- 

 team is the same, to judge from all the evidence, as that indicated 

 by Høeg Hagen on the chart. On this he calls the stone remains 

 "meat-stores", which is very likely correct, as they were probably 

 the remains of permanent meat-depots. 



The discovery of the fox-trap is of special interest, as it suggests 

 — as already explained (p. 199) — that the Eskimos ha\e overwin- 

 tered in Danmarks Fjord. 



The sledge-team of our Expedition did not find many stone 

 remains in this Qord, because the summer's "land water" prevented 

 them from getting into the coast except at a few places, and we 

 may believe, that the results of this journey would have been 

 much greater in ethnographical regards, had these conditions not 

 compelled our people to travel out on the fjord, at a distance from 

 the land. 



' И)07. -■ Ca. ()S kilometers. ■' ,21. * (3). '" About 10 kilometers. 



