362 P. Freuchen. 



lies a small fjord running laterally up, about which the rock formation 

 is somewhat lower. From here to Cape Glacier, however, the height 

 of which I found by measurement to be 600 metres, the regular range 

 of cliffs fronting steeply on to the sea, increases in height. An exception 

 is formed by the ravine which breaks through into the fjord a little 

 before the 22nd degree is reached, affording a channel for a big river coming 

 down from the interior. The remaining ravines and channels are un- 

 important. The land here consists only of a narrow fringe of coastal 

 hills, continuing out from Cape Glacier along Academy Bræ. 



To reach Cape Glacier was practically out of the question for us, 

 unless we chose to go back, cross the ravine already mentioned, ascend 

 the heights there and then proceed on foot to the Cape itself. 



Camp at Lat. 84°48' N., 33°25' W. 



From here, further progress westward through Independence Fjord 

 was impossible. On making a reconnaissance, however, we found that it 

 would be possible, though with considerable difficulty, to carry our gear 

 up to a tongue of ice which jutted out from Chr. Erichsens Bræ down 

 in a south-easterly direction towards Cape Schmelck, about 750 metres 

 above sea level. We could then drive along Chr. Erichsens Bræ to Skel- 

 elven, from where we should then have to lower or carry our gear down 

 to Nyeboes Bræ. In the course of this reconnaissance I reached as far 

 as the hill 940 metres high north of Nyeboes Lake. Here for the first 

 time I was able to look out over Valmuedalen, and saw that it was free 

 from ice. From this moment, all idea of a Peary Channel filled with 

 glacier ice had to be relinquished. I had already previously observed 

 that Nyeboes Bræ led up to the inland ice, and could thus not be sup- 

 posed to mask any such channel. 



On the hill 940 metres high above mentioned I found an outcrop 

 of solid diabase at 920 metres, and solid sandstone at 910 metres. 



Chr. Erichsens Bræ does not extend beyond the 36th degree. Where 

 the exact northern boundary lies I am unable to say; the summits of 

 some hills were visible on the other side, but my attempts at observation 

 were unsuccessful. The glacier does not in all probability at any point 

 reach farther north than 82°30'. The southern edge of the glacier lies 

 at a height of 600 — 900 metres, nunataks being here and there visible 

 along this side. 



Skelelven (= Boundary River) was very swollen. It touches Nye- 

 boes Bræ at an altitude of 310 metres, turning off again to the westward, 

 and flowing out into Nyeboes Lake. 



To the east of the point of contact between the river and the glacier, 

 the rock is of reddish sandstone, sample of which was taken at the sur- 

 face of the glacier, altitude 365 m. We then proceeded across Nye- 

 boes Bræ to Adam Bierings Land, passing a number of large rivers with 

 broad and deep-cut channels. Save for these, the going was good, 

 the ice being covered with a firm layer of hardened snow. There were 



