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as the material were too valuable to be taken along on the dangerous 
cross-country voyage in the worst season for travelling on the inland-ice. 
I was just then going to undertake some other exploring project 
and passed England on my way to this field, when — in consequence 
of aconversation I had with a prominent publisher and newspaper man 
upon the subject of the possibility of finding the records of Mytius- 
ERICHSEN — it occurred to me, that there ought to be sent an expedition 
to Greenland in order to find the bodies of the perished men, their re- 
cords and possibly some other material left behind, when they began 
the disastrous journey to regain their winterquarter. 
An expedition as this should however be a national enterprise, 
particularly considering what other nations had done to trace their lost 
explorers, and I gave up my projected trip, returned to Denmark and 
placed the matter before the Committee of the Danmark Expedition, 
consisting of Messrs. Captain G. Е. Horm, Captain С. С. Amprup, Consul 
General У. Grückstapr and Consul Erik 5. HENIUS, at the same time 
placing myself at disposal for the projected expedition. 
These four gentlemen saw my point of view and kindly agreed to 
form a committee to further the matter, upon which I worked out a 
plan for the projected expedition. It was sanctioned by the members 
of the Committee, and ran thus: 
"In order to reach the above named object (to trace the lost men and 
their records) the expedition will leave Copenhagen in the beginning 
of June 1909 onboard a small motor-vessel of about 45 tons burden, 
carrying a crew of 6 men besides myself. 
The equipment shall consist of full provisions, etc. for the whole 
crew for 16 months, besides reserve provisions for one year, and about 
45 dogs. 
As the main purpose is to find the journals and observation material, 
which Myrıus-ErıcHsen and HOEG-HAGEN most likely — accordingly to 
what is known — have left at Cape Kronborg or Cape Holbæk, we must 
endeavour to come so far north as possible with the ship in order to place 
a large depot of provisions at the northermost point reached by the 
vessel, whereafter this returns so far south, that it can be considered 
almost certain, that the vessel may be able to leave Greenland in the 
following summer. 
As soon as the ice permits in the fall, the depot will be advanced 
further north to Lambert’s Land and left at the place, where I propose 
to ascend the inland-ice in the spring. 
After this is done, the expedition will return to the winterquarter 
of the vessel, and during the winter everything will be made ready 
to the spring journey, and surveying, etc. will be carried on, trending 
to supplement the results reached by the Danmark Expedition. 
