Report on the expedition. 51 
A few of the lowest nunataks to the north were partly hidden by 
inlandice, floating half way across them from the westward, while their 
eastern side was quite steep and rose almost perpendicularly from the 
ice. These Bildsoe’s Nunataks appeared thus to be the bulwark against 
the main Inlandice, to the west of them. The height of the cliff facing 
east was estimated at least 200—250 metres. 
The Inlandice viewed from our present place of observation then 
appeared like this: 
The level plateau, which we reached on April 15th, and on which 
half covered with ice. 
The ice 200 Meter lower east than 
west of the nunatak. 
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ей 1239 Surface quite snowbare 
steen силе 785 e quite covered. with snow 
Alabama Nunatak about 
40т, above ice level. 
Land visible towards the North. 
А Louises Land visible. 
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Lake, I mile broad, extending © ae < 
southward, as far as visible and ends ie See 
a little М. of the course in a big 
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crepice . Large pressureridges on SE. 2 Smilies 
border of the lake. 
we stood continued to the north, with small or practically no rise, but 
fell off a little to the west, ending in a long and narrow lake extending 
along the foot of the ice-ridge, from where the ice rose steeply to a height 
of about 150 metres above the lake. The downward slope facing west 
was covered with snow, while the upward slope beyond the lake was 
quite smooth and bare of snow. There seemed to be no cracks in the 
surface of the hill. 
Being desirous of passing this high ridge, and the place being favo- 
rable, we set off to the NW (true) and reached the lake after a rapid 
downward drive. It was covered with glare-ice and about 1 mile broad, 
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