Report on the expedition. 41 
The distance covered on March 25th was but small (4—5 miles), as 
owing to an accident to the dogs we could only sledge a few hours. 
Also the going was heavy, as it had been snowing rather much 
during the preceding night, and 
the ice had consequently be- March 25th 
come covered with soft snow, N. 
about 1/;meter deep. The rise of 
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the Inlandice was though even vw \ The ice apparently 
rather noticeable, the total Gare El) \ gker than om 
; : x rather large \The snow. course-line 
rise of the day being 25 metres, incline \ hard. ~~ 
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thus giving us an elevation The ie aparently, N snomhard ~~~ 
of 75 metres above sea-level sideradg lower \ 
: than on course-lire \ 
when camping. \ 
The whole of March 26th \ 50 
was used to advance our stores, 
half of which were left 4 miles 
to the north of our tents. There had been a heavy snowfall during 
the night, and the surface was covered with 4—5 inches of quite soft 
snow, which hindered the sledging so much that we wished for a gale 
to blow it off. 
The gale came at 10 р. m., and on March 27th it was blowing violently 
until 4p. m., when it suddenly calmed down and cleared off at the same time. 
A gale sprang up once more during the night, but it abated in the 
morning of March 28th, when at 7.10 а. т. we thought it possible to start. 
The weather was quite clear, but far ahead we could see a wall of snow, 
stirred up by the wind. Large clouds of snow rose over this perfectly 
sharply defined wall and were all blown away to the east with great 
velocity, but at a right angle to the wind along the surface, which 
was northerly. The storm came оп us at 8 a.m., and we were compelled 
to camp after trying to weather it out, believing it to be only a squall. 
At 2p.m. the wind suddenly died down, and we were once more able 
to proceed, now in fine weather. 
We drove northward over quite good ice, which rose perceptibly in 
large, flat hills, covered with hard snow without any sastrugi. The 
layer of snow became thinner, as we advanced, and the last three miles 
of the day’s travelling were along a surface, where snow-bare hummocks 
rose through the snow (Fig. 12 & 13). We passed a few broad river- 
courses extending N—S. 
The rise of the Inlandice was 50 metres on a distance of 7 miles, 
giving us a height of 125 metres above sea-level. 
On March 29th we fetched up our stores and drove them beyond 
the tents to the north. The weather was good, but a breeze sprang 
up in the afternoon and increased to a gale before 6 p.m. It blew very 
hard all night, but as the wind abated before morning, we were able 
to follow up the trail of the preceding day on March 30th. 
c: 3 miles 
