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and terminated about 2 miles to the north, ending in a very broad cre- 
vasse, but extending as far as we could see to the south. We passed 
a very large pressure-ridge, stretching all the way along the eastern 
bank of this lake and consisting of ice, which was 50—75 cm thick. 
Judging from the amount of ice piled up in this pressure-ridge an area 
of no less than 100—150 metres must have been crushed. 
This seems to be plain evidence of the fact that the ice has a 
rather rapid motion to the west of these Bildsge’s Nunataks, at least аз 
compared with the motion of the ice east of them, as no pressure-ridges 
like the one described could be formed by any other cause than by 
the lake being compressed along its longitudinal axis. 
This rapid motion of the ice was most evident in this place, but 
it was also indicated in a large part of the area, which we had traversed, 
as we did not see a single crevasse with rounded-off edges, which is suffi- 
cient proof that they must all have been formed since last summer, as 
the edges would otherwise have been rounded off. 
The hill rose steeply from the surface of the lake and proved very 
hard to climb, as the ice was quite smooth, glassy and bare of snow. 
A strong wind was also blowing right down over the crest of the hill, 
and it increased as we approached the top, until it was impossible to 
proceed, as the wind had a strength of 11—12 metres a second, against 
which the dogs could not haul the sledge. 
About half way up the hill we passed what was either a large collec- 
tion of very big stones or the extreme top of a nunatak. The stones 
were lying so close that it was difficult to find a way between them, 
but they did not rise much above the surrounding ice-level. The area 
in question was 1 mile long and % mile broad and quite studded with 
these large stones. 
Distance travelled 7.2 miles and the camp 170 metres above our 
last camping-site. Total above sea-level 910 metres. Long. at ба. т. 
24°11’ W. Bearings taken to all visible pomts and tops, as well as to 
Cape Bellevue. 
April 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st. 
There was a constant gale from NNW (true) with a velocity ranging 
from 15—30 metres a second. It was also snowing heavily during the 
last two days. The barometer was steady on the 18th, reading 674.5 mm, 
but it rose on the 19th to 678.5 mm and fell again on the 20th to 674.0 mm 
and still further on the 21st, when it reached 672.5 mm. It appears 
that the wind increased with rising, and abated with falling barometer. 
Temperature ranging from — 20° to + 26°. 
April 22nd. The gale did not abate so much that travelling became 
possible before 9 а. т. 
The ice was perfectly bare of snow on the first few miles, and we 
passed a number of long, flat hills with an average height of about 15 
metres. Small lakes covered with glare-ice were seen or passed every- 
