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tical domes. Reached at 5 p.m. the altitude of 1092 metres, the highest 
altitude on our journey. 
The distance travelled was 6.7 miles. Obs. 78°24’ N. Lat., 24°34’ 
W. Long. After we had reached the altitude of 1092 metres, we descended 
so rapidly that we camped in the same altitude as yesterday (1020 metres 
above sea-level) (Pl. VI). 
April 29th. For once the weather was calm, when we left camp, 
but shortly afterwards a wind sprang up from NW, increasing during 
the day. 
We headed a little more westerly than usual, thus hoping to get 
away from the three ice-domes from which the crevasses originated, and 
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after 31, hours’ work we succeeded in getting beyond the reach of the 
crevasses, having met with no accidents whatsoever. 
The crevasses became broader, the further we got away from the 
domes, and we passed some, which were 8—10 metres wide, but the snow 
spanning them was thick and quite safe. The snow-bridges over these 
