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was nothing the matter with Pedersen, except that he was incredibly 
overfed — but the other. dogs? Possibly they had perished in the 
breakneck leap, and now lay somewhere on that inaccessible rocky 
slope; but this hardly exhausted the possibilities. As we had now 
all at once become rather well-provided with dogs’ feed, we resolved 
to wait for a day or two in order — if possible — to get hold of 
the five missing dogs. If we should become obliged to leave without 
them, we should stili be able to get along; Pedersen alone was worth 
as much as the other five. Besides our dogs helped themselves so 
amply, that we should hardly be able to drive with them these 
twelve hours. Started from the last camping site at 3.30 a. m. Hodo- 
meter distance 5 km; third camping site in the Hyde Fjord 19/V at 
4.30 a. m. 
«The adventure has begun”, said BERTELSEN on the day, when 
we parted from MyLius-ERICKSEN, and he is right — this journey is 
an adventure. If only BERTELSEN were well again, I would even call 
it a good and a beautiful adventure. 
The weather. From 18/V 10a.m. till 19/V 3 a.m. I never left 
the tent. I was exhausted, and slept almost without interruption. 
My weather report is consequently not very reliable. Until 3 p. m. 
calm, then gusts from NNW., which became a steady 5 m wind from 
NNW. This gradually shifted to NE. (the direction of the fjord) and 
on 19/V at 2 a. т. the fog began to drift into the fjord. At 8 a.m. 
the temperature — 15.5, the wind falls light; velocity of the wind 
now 2 m, NE, fog. 
Whereas the slopes in the outer part of Hyde Fjord are rather 
bare of snow, this does not seem to be the case further inland, where 
the country still seems to be practically covered with snow. Behind 
the highest peaks in the interior of the country névés are visible 
on the southern side of the fjord, west of Point 47. 
12.15 a.m. Started with twenty dogs. Hundeskrænten (The dogs’ 
slope) 5 + 12 km long. At 5 a. m. reached the most northerly point 
of Skagen. Hodometer 28'/2 km. The wind, which in the fjord blew 
with 3m from NE. blew outside the fjord with 2 m from WNW. 
Fog; very light fall of snow. 
Skagen consists of steel-grey granite with strongly marked fluidal 
structure. 
By and by the wind grew stronger; from 5 to 8 o’clock it rose 
to 5—6 m with increasing drift of snow. At the same time the sky 
cleared up a little so that the sun became more visible (it had never 
been completely obscured by the fog). Camped at 9 o’clock on the 
north side of the entrance to Schley Fjord. The snow drift was at 
that time rather considerable; the fall of snow had stopped. At 12 
