40 EJNAR MIKKELSEN. 
At our feet, between the land on which we stood and the Inlandice, 
there was a rather large lake, which had an extent of about five miles 
(Fig. 10). Its surface was perfectly level, but studded with small icebergs. 
March 23rd we spent in trying to find a passable road over the 
rough outer edge of the glacier, and we succeeded, but not till we had 
worked through an exceedingly difficult icebelt, with hills so high and 
valleys so filled with soft snow that it would be impossible to pass it 
with sledges. It took us 34% hours hard walk to cover a distance of 
2 miles and reach the level ice, which we had seen the day before. 
By following the edge of the rough ice towards the coast we found the 
place where the level ice came nearest to the bay-ice, and further on 
we succeeded in finding a rather good way through the rough outer 
edge and а river-course, through 
March 24% men we could gain the Be 
of the Inlandice with the sledges 
without much trouble (Fig. 11). 
On March 24th we brought the 
sledges on to the Inlandice and 
camped about 3 miles from its 
edge on quite level ice and about 
50 metres above sea-level. 
At first our progress over the 
Inlandice was very slow, as we had 
to transport such a large weight 
that it was quite out of the question 
to think of moving it all at thesame 
time, and so we were compelled to 
resort to double-banking until April 7th, when the stores belonging 
to Laus’s party were left behind. This way of travelling of course took 
us a good deal of time, all the more as we did not dare to go too far from 
our stores, particularly in bad weather, as we were compelled to reckon 
with the possibility of being able to find them only by following our 
old track. This became difficult, whenever it snowed or stormed, or 
even when the snow began to drift. We used to take half our outfit 
on the sledges, to travel with it as far as we dared from the stores we 
had left behind, camp, and then, if time permitted, return at once for 
that which was left on the ice. As a rule, however, we did not return 
till the following day, when the stores were brought up to camp and 
then driven so far beyond it as we could, before bad weather or dark- 
ness compelled us to return to our tents. The tents were then moved 
to the stores and beyond on the following day. By adopting this way 
of travelling we saved considerable work, as we had only to allow time 
for breaking and making camp every second day, while every other 
day could be used to its full extent, weather of course permitting, to 
advance our stores to the north. 
