Survey of Northeast Greenland. 325 
weather began to be overcast. At about 5 p.m.7/V the weather 
suddenly became quite overcast, and there was a light fall of snow. 
Very faint wind from NW. Shortly afterwards the snowfall ceased, 
and the clouds lifted; but towards 7 o’clock it was again overcast, 
so that we could barely distinguish the sun’s position in the sky. 
At midnight 7—8/V we had 5m wind from NW with a faint drift, 
but no fall of snow. From 1 a.m. till 5.30 p.m. on 8/V the sky 
remained overcast, and the wind blew with a velocity of 5m, not 
evenly but in squalls. At 5 p.m. it came on to snow. Temperature 
— 10°. The wind still came in gusts from NW, but gradually it be- 
came fresher. 
Clock comparison 8/V р. m. Chron. 57203 20504™00s, 2004™30s 
Watch К 5 58 46:6) 5 59 16.6 
At midnight 8—9/V the velocity of the wind was rather constant, 
about 10m, all the time with snowfall and heavy drifts of snow. 
At 4.30 a.m. 9/V the temperature — 9°. At 5 a.m. the weather un- 
changed. God, how we sleep! At 10 a.m. The snow storm increased. 
The velocity of the wind perhaps 15m; heavy drift of snow, but 
perhaps no snow fall. 8 p.m. The snow storm continues. It is 
practically impossible to leave the tent. However, it seems to me 
as if the velocity of the wind has decreased somewhat during the 
last few hours. 10 p.m. The storm continues, but seems steadily 
decreasing. 
4 a.m. The storm continues. Now we are quite tired of lying 
in our sleeping bags. We spend the time learning the Eskimo 
language and roasting calf’s meat in ox tallow. BERTELSEN’s snow 
blindness does not seem very serious. I have twice treated the 
affected eye with cocaine; he declares he is better after his two day’s 
rest in the tent. 
10 a.m. The snow was still drifting, about 5m wind from NW; 
however, the weather was so much clearer that we could fetch the 
eight musk oxen which lay in the talus. We had been surprised 
by the snowstorm, so we had not had time to remove the entrails, 
and the meat was spoiled, as far as we were concerned, but still 
excellent food for the dogs. We now transported the oxen to the 
tent — about 2 km — in two échelons, as we put our dogs to them 
and dragged them to the tent. After that came the slow and dull 
flaying and quartering of the carcases, which was not finished until 
midnight. It seems as if we only got food here for our dogs for 
about fifteen days. The snow storm has caused a little accident, in 
that the tripod of my theodolite has become buried in it. BERTELSEN 
