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broad crevasses would sink as much as half a meter towards the 
middle, and we saw one instance where for a considerable length 
the whole mass had sunk down a little more than % meter without 
breaking. 
Only the crevasses extending from the tops of the domes and out- 
ward were broad, while those parallel with the domes were quite narrow 
and hardly ever exceeded % meter in width. 
When looking back on the domes from NW and NNW we noticed 
what appeared the extreme top of a mountain, barely projecting through 
the ice on the very tops of the two southermost ice-domes, while no 
rock whatsoever was visible, 
when we saw the domes from 
the south or west. 
The ice apparently be- 320 
came quite level beyond the 
above-mentioned crevasses, 
but it was exceedingly difficult, 905 
and in most cases quite im- 
possible to detect a level or 
declining surface with the eye 
only. The surface was entirely 
covered with a thick, hard 
and smooth layer of snow. 
The distance travelled was 360 
145 miles with a fall of 50 
May ke 
T. 7% 
---- Saw land. ahead.. 
Snow smooth but 
500 
fot very hard. 
some cracks from NE.-SW. 
“uses Land. disappeared to the South. 
metres. Total elevation above 
sea-level 970 metres. 
April 30th. A gale from 
NNW kept us in camp all day. 
May Ist. All day a wind 
was blowing from NW and 
WNW with a velocity ranging 
from 2—8 metres a second. 
The surface of the In- 
landice was exceedingly good 
for sledging, as it rose and 
fell in very long, quite flat 
hills, with a span of about 
2 miles from top to top. 
Towards the middle of 
the day we passed a number 
some cracks from NE- SW. 
Snowlayers 
thickness not 
exeeding ZZ 
= 
Fassed one very long hill . 
Surface covered. by a smooth 
but not hard, snowlayer. 
р EEE, | 
= с: 3 miles 
of narrow crevasses ranging from 5—50 cm, all parallel and extending 
NE—SW. 
The layer of snow was on the whole not thick and only measured 
