The Outward Journey. 
June 20th—August 25th 1909. 
Plate IV. 
HE expedition left Copenhagen on June 20th 1909 onboard the small 
motor-sloop the “Alabama”. In order to save fuel we only used 
our sails, so we did not make quick progress, but nevertheless we passed 
Skagen on June 22nd at 4 p.m. 
Contrary winds, calms and later on a heavy northern gale delayed 
our passage across the Northsea and caused us to be set so much to 
_ the southward that — in order to avoid too close quarters to the Shet- 
land Islands — we had to jibe and run for Wick, where we anchored on 
June 30th. 
The weather abated, and the following day we left Wick and went 
through Pentland Firth. A brisk and favorable easterly wind sprang 
up and carried us so fast that we arrived in the roadstead of Thorshavn 
at 9,30 a.m. July 3rd. 
As we needed good and plentiful dog-feeding, we proceeded to Kolle- 
fjord whaling-station, hoping to get so much whalemeat as we could 
conveniently carry. The owner, Captain Krobcke, was very kind and 
presented us with 500 kilo dried whalemeat, while we ourselves cut 
out and hung up to dry another 1500 kilo. This being done we returned 
to Thorshavn, where we found the Royal Greenland Trading Co. steamer 
“Hans Egede” anchored on the roadstead. This steamer was to bring 
our dogs, and I went onboard at once to meet the captain and see the 
animals. 
The dogs were in a frightful state, and of the fifty, which had been 
taken onboard, only twenty-three remained, the remainder having died 
on the voyage. 
Inspector DAUGAARD-JENSEN had bought the animals in the nor- 
thernmost settlement on the west coast of Greenland, and he had been 
very careful in selecting the dogs, so that when originally shipped on 
“Hans Egede” those fifty dogs were absolutely the best to be had. In 
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