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To this plan the Committee added their remarks, the principal 
ones were as to the safety of the members while on the different sledge 
expeditions. 
Unavoidable circumstances, viz: the complete loss of the consign- 
ment of dogs which Inspector DAUGAARD-JENSEN had taken such great 
pains to pick out for us on the west-coast of Greenland, but unfor- 
tunately contracted some kind of disease and died or had to be killed 
shortly after we received the batch, compelled us to change our plan, 
as it became necessary to touch at Angmagsalik to obtain other dogs. 
This delay caused, that we only reached the north-east coast of 
Greenland at so late a date, and in so southerly a latitude, that any 
attempt to push northward with a vessel fitted with a comparatively 
small motor-power, was deemed altogether too risky, and we therefore 
had to abandon the plan of laying out a depot at a high latitude, and 
consequently also the autum journey to advance this depot. 
The consequence of these alterations was, that instead of laying 
out a depot on an island off Duc d’Orlean’s Land in lat. п. 78° — on which 
we had figured — we were compelled to winter with all our outfit at 
Shannon Island in lat. n. 75° 18’, about 160 miles further south and as 
it then was out of the question to advance a depot to Lambert’s Land, 
we made instead a sledge journey to this locality in the fall of the year 
to investigate the place of the final disaster, before the heavy fall of snow 
during the winter should have obliterated all traces of the dead men. 
An additional consequence of the above mentioned delay was, 
that we had to begin our sledge expedition to Danmark’s Fjord from a 
much lower latitude than reckoned upon and had to carry all our pro- 
visions with us, instead of having the valuable support of a depot laid 
out in the fall. 
The more detailed plan, and that which eventually was executed 
will be found in the following report on the expedition. 
To get sufficient funds to carrying out the expedition was then 
broached and with the help of the Committee, particularly Mr. У. GLuck- 
STADT, I succeeded in getting the funds, but not before the Governement, 
on the Committee’s recommendation, had voted a grant of Kr. 25,000. — 
brought before the Parliament by the then prime minister, Mr. J. С. 
CHRISTENSEN, who showed great interest in the undertaking. — The 
money was granted on the understanding, that an equal amount should 
be found through private means, and by the kind offices of the Committee, 
we succeeded in getting this amount so early in the year, that I could 
go to Norway, where the yacht “Alabama” of 50 tons burden was pur- 
chased and sailed to Copenhagen for refitting. 
A motor of “Dan” manufacture was placed in the vessel, and 
proved to be wholly reliable during the severe test it often was exposed 
