54 EJNAR MIKKELSEN. 
7.30 a.m. But shortly afterwards the wind increased and compelled 
us to camp at 1 p.m., when it had once more a velocity of 12 metres 
a second. 
The Inlandice rose only very little on the distance travelled to-day, 
but we had nevertheless to pass some rather high and steep hills, which 
N were lying vertically 
April 234 on our course. The 
snow was the same as 
yesterday, hard and 
granulated as fine 
Fassed several steen hulls. The surface | sandpaper, but evenin 
1045 4 10% } covered with perfectly smooth, hard 
1050 @T. 1% 
1045 $ 12% 
small и Sash spite of this it was 50 
incline 1040 À 8% LEE shppery that neither 
1020 À 7% ae men nor dogs could 
с: 3 miles get a secure footing 
when on the slightest 
grade. The snow was so hard that we had to use an axe to make holes 
for the tentpoles, as our ironspade could make no impression whatso- 
ever upon it. 
An additional cause for our slow sledging was the great resistance 
which our bulky sledgeloads offered against the wind, which was blow- 
ing almost permanently and nearly right against us and was wearing 
out the strength of the dogs to no purpose whatsoever. 
The extreme tops of Garde’s and Molkte’s Nunataks, which on April 
17th we saw to the 
north were visible for April 25% 
a short time on a NE STEENS DEDE 
bearing. visible iv ENE. 
The distance made 
was but 3 miles with 
30 metres rise. Total 
above sea-level: 1050 
metres. 
April 24th. A gale 
from NW compelled 
us to remain in camp 
all day. 
April 251. It 
blew 25 metres a se- 
cond at 4 a. m., and 
when we began to 
work at 9 а. m., the strength of the wind was still 13 metres. For- 
tunately the wind of late had a tendency to haul more to the west, 
and to-day we were for the first time able to use a sail on one of our 
sledges (Fig. 30). 
