30 EJNAR MIKKELSEN. 
Number Weight 
Clothing worn by each man: Kilo 
Woo kunderne ат Ce. | 1 | 0,60 
Rur-anorak (outer) Free els seo et au | 1 2,20 
Shee ee LIN 1:1) ES RR ace teh wet acs | a 0,82 
Cal CO аа. il 0,67 
О TS оао SETE ee il 0,85 
SITOWEO VORA renee ee ler | it 0,42 
Pair Of stoekumasy. ао DSE ale ae | 2 0,33 
UE SOC RIM anna see cia tee cere | 1 0,39 
ETES ее | 1 0,60 
Wearing sole for finnesko ............... 1 1,00 
Patmos woollenamittens 22. asien 1 0,09 
— - fur — ee cll Cher een ce 1 0,22 
— ~-.woollen half gloves .........».:... il 0,10 
[SKOEN A ne rte ee око 1 0,15 
Woollenzcap К ОИ" | it 0,10 
Weight of 1 man’s clothing... | | 8,54 
Remarks to the list of permanent weights. 
Sledging outfit. 
The sledges were rather heavy and were made so on purpose, as 
we expected to find a very rough surface, and subsequent events showed 
that the sledges were in no respect too heavy in build. 
We used two different types of sledges, one of the ordinary Eskimo 
pattern made of ashwood and with iron-shod runners, and the other a 
combination of a Nansen and a Yukon sledge, that is a long, narrow 
sledge with broad runners and the uprights prolonged above the body 
of the sledge and connected on top by a thick cane, lashed firmly to 
them and to either end of the sledge. This sledge proved very ser- 
viceable on snow or rough ice, as the broad wooden runners made hauling 
easy on snow, and it likewise was very strong and flexible when travel- 
ling over, rough ice. 
The boat-canvas was an ordinary sheet of waterproof canvas 6 X 
4 metres with holes along its edges. 
The idea was to wrap it round one of the sledges and lash it, by 
means of the holes, to the railings of the sledge, thus making a raft on 
which men and outfit could be ferried across short stretches of open 
water. It proved very serviceable, but not in the intended manner, 
as the sledge for which it was constructed was left behind im Danmark 
Fjord. Instead of wrapping it round the sledge a very large bundle 
was made of all our camping outfit; the piece of canvas was wrapped 
all round this bundle, which was then lashed on our sledge, giving to it 
buoyancy enough to carry the outfit and as a rule our two selves across 
short stretches of water. 
a Serie 
