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where between these hills (Fig. 29). The rise of the Inlandice was very 
noticeable in this part of the road, and as long as it rose rather steeply, 
the ice was bare of snow, but when later on we came to a stretch where 
the ice had a smaller incline, we found that the surface became covered 
with snow, which increased in thickness as well as in hardness and 
covered the ice entirely towards the end of the day’s travelling. 
This layer of snow was of rather a peculiar kind. Its surface was 
quite smooth with not even the slighetst signs of snow-waves, and it 
was so hard that a dog could barely get a footing on it. When rubbing 
the hand over the surface it felt quite rough, and the snow-particles 
were hard and quite angular. The sledges hauled very heavily on it, 
and almost 1 mm was worn off the underside of the wooden runners with 
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one day’s travelling. Even the claws of the dogs got worn off, and one 
dog became useless, as he could not keep his foothold on the snow. 
Two of our dogs died towards the end of the day from sheer weak- 
ness, and all the rest were more or less exhausted, probably owing to 
bemg exposed to the gale for four days running. 
Two rather long, flat nunataks, Laub’s Nunataks — named after 
Lieut. W. Глов, В. D. N., who was the second-in-command of the expe- 
dition, and who commanded the party to the west coast of Dronning 
Louise’s Land — were seen far away to the East, almost half way between 
the coastland and our course. 
The distance travelled was but 3.8 miles with a rise of 110 metres 
above our last camp. Total above sea-level 1020 metres. Latitude at 
noon 77°581. Camp М. Lat. 78°02’. W. Long. 24°20’. 
April 23rd. As usual there was a very strong wind during the 
night, but towards morning it abated, and travelling was possible from 
