408 I. P. Kocu. 
of the inland ice, 55 kilometres from the outlet of the glacier into 
the Jokelbugten, we meet with the altitude 0 above the level of the 
sea. The altitudes along the ice margin between this point and the 
west end of the Sælsøen we do not know. The situation of the Sæl- 
søen itself, in which the inland ice calves, is only 4 metres above 
the level of the sea; but south of the Sælsøen the border line between 
Storstrommen and Germania Land rises to altitudes which have, it 
is true, not been measured, but which west of Morkefjord we esti- 
mated at 300 to 400 metres. This supposition — which is, however, 
rather uncertain — was supported by a rough comparison with a baro- 
metrically measured altitude of 450 m of a peak, situated about 
4 kilometres east of the ice margin. 
The eastern border line of Dronning Louises Land between Kap 
Bellevue and the parallel 76°30’ hardly at any point reaches the 
height of 300 m above the level of the sea. Judging by the obser- 
vations of the Danmark-Ekspedition only, there is nothing to prevent 
a supposition that the depression west of Germania Land, between 
Dove Bugt and Jokelbugten, is a sound filled up by the inland ice, 
even though the remark quoted on the altitudes west of Morkefjord 
might call forth doubt on this point. 
The observations from the journey 1912—13') support this theory 
of a sound west of Germania Land. In 1912 I found on the east 
coast of Dronning Louises Land at about 76°41’ a large marginal 
lake, the altitude of which above the level of the sea was nearly 
30m. The Storstrommen calved in this lake, and icebergs, the alti- 
tude of which above the surface of the water was 10 to 15 metres, 
broke loose from the glacier and floated far out to sea. Even though 
the icebergs formed were of an irregular shape, it would, however, 
be unreasonable to suppose that the largest of these should not have 
a draught considerably deeper than 30m. A safe conclusion from 
this is that the contour of the marginal lake at Dronning Louises 
Land very nearly coincides with the coastline. 
In 1912—13 we succeeded in proving that the thickness of the 
ice on the face of the glacier southwest of Br&oerne was about 
1) The Danish Expedition to Dronning Louises Land and across the inland ice of 
North Greenland, undertaken 1912—13 under the leadership of Capt. J. P. Kocx. 
Of publications regarding this journey there is a popular account: J. P. Koch, 
Gennem den Hvide Ørken, København 1913. Further in "Meddelelser fra Dansk 
Geologisk Forening”, vol. IV. København 1914, Koch has published "Foreløbig 
Beretning om de vigtigste glaciologiske Iagttagelser paa den danske Forsknings- 
rejse tværs over Nordgrønland 1912—13” translated into German in Zeitschrift 
für Gletscherkunde, Bd. X, 1916. 
In "Meddelelser om Grønland” will at a later date appear a full report of the 
journey, together with the collation of the scientific work of the cxpedition. 
