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disappeared, while at the same time the layer of snow had decreased 
in thickness. About 7 miles north of the camp where we reached the 
beginning of the steep slope towards land, we once more encountered 
ice-hummocks projecting through the snow. 
We made a halt at 4.30, as we were apparently quite close to land 
and wanted to havea good view of the conditions, before we continued 
down the rather steep grade, from where it would be difficult to haul 
up the sledges. 
To the east there was what looked like a nunatak or possibly the 
southermost spur of the not ice-covered land, which extended towards 
the west, cutting our 
course and separating 
us from the Inlandice 
to the north of it, 
until it disappeared 
under the ice about 
NW from our place 
of observation. This 
tract of land had just 
north of us a breadth 
of 10 miles, and the 
Inlandice fell very 
rapidly towards it. 
The northern edge of 
the land was fenced 
in bya vertical glacier- 
front. 
The Inlandice was 
again seen beyond 
this tract of land, 
which appeared as 
an immense valley, 
and it extended so 
far towards the NW as we could see, and rose to a considerable 
height, partly covering tle west side of Iversen’s Nunatak. The ice- 
ridge, mentioned yesterday, was the beginning of the steep rise of the 
Inlandice, and it ended almost due west of our course. Its side, visible 
for a long distance, was quite smooth, absolutely bare of snow and 
void of crevasses. 
As it seemed rather risky to attempt to cross Amdrup’s Højland 
(named after Captain С. С. Amprup В. D. N. member of the committee 
and my first commander on Arctic expeditions) to the bottom of 
Danmark’s Fjord — about 25 miles of unknown land, where we might 
meet very large, snowbare tracts, which we could not pass with our 
sledges — we thought it prudent to continue sledging on the Inlandice 
LIT. 5 
G: 3 miles 
