346 I. Р. Косн. 
21/V Started at 2.50 a.m. Calm; suggestion of snow fall, thick. West 
of Clarence Wyckoff, in the interior of Peary Land, we see a mountain 
range with peaks of about 2000 m covered with névés. 
Determination of time 21/V 07, forenoon, ©, 
Ь = 768.0, t = + 11.3. 
Hodometer distance from camping site 20/V 22 km: 
Peary's Cairn. 
Telescope left Telescope right 
Vernier Level Vernier Level 
Watch K | Watch K 
A И: Obs. | Obj. A В | Obs. | Obj. 
Gh59m175.5 | 291°26’.6 | 27’.1 | 12.0 | 7.3 | Th0OOm30s | 68°32’.6 | 327.9 | 7.2 | 12.0 
7 01 48 312 | 31.4 8.0 | 3.3 03 13 21.2 | 27.8 | Та | Ча 
04 59 36.8 | 37.4 | 10.0 | 5.2 05 50 22.1 1228 || 7:0) 920 
07 07 40.5 | 41.0 || 11.0 | 6.3 08 18 18.1 | 184.) 74 | 121 
Thick haze; the limb of the sun dim during the first two ob- 
servations; these are, therefore, only half as good as the last two. 
Chronom. 57203 9849700  9h49m30s 
Watch K 6 53 46.8 6 54 16.8 
“May 21st 1907 a. m. 
“Reached C. Bridgman; stayed 3 days in the Hyde Fjord; lost 
“here 5 dogs going down over a precipice in pursuit of a musk-ox. 
“We are now going southward to Academy Land, 3 men, 3 sledges 
“and 20 dogs. BERTELSEN and I suffer from not being able to digest 
“the musk-oxen meat; for several days we have had almost no other 
“food. I think we shall be allright again, when we the 23rd shall 
(44 о ! 
reach our depot at 82730'. LP Ro 
Deposited the above at 7.30 a. m. in Peary's Cairn. 
The small indentation south-east of Peary’s Cairn has very nearly 
the following shape (Pocket book sketch). 
The dogs seemed rather dull to-day; it was hard work to get 
them to make 47 km in spite of tolerably good sledding. Stopped at 
1.50 p.m. Distance made 47 km. 
During the whole day calm or perhaps faint variable winds. 
About 7 a.m. for a moment tolerably clear. About 3 o’clock the 
weather cleared up, though still with a little haze. Still calm. In 
the course of the evening and night again fog with calm. At5a.m. 
the sun began once more to penetrate the fog. 
Now our petroleum is used up, and we shall only get raw meat 
for the remainder of our journey to our depot at 82°30’. This would 
