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The land surrounding us was undulating, studded with evenly 
sloping hills, which however did not exceed 50 metres in height. 
Small rivulets with steep banks were winding their way in between 
these hills to the lake itself, about 5 miles from our place of descent. 
On May 14th we saw a herd of musk-oxen shortly after we had 
begun to sledge across land, and we stopped to give the dogs a feed 
having succeeded in killing two large bulls (Fig. 36). 
The journey was resumed on May 1dth at 4 p.m. when we headed 
for the lake, sledging quite close under the glacier-front, which rose to 
a considerable height. It was perfectly vertical, but its base was hidden 
under a large mass of ice, which had fallen down since last summer, 
as all visible ice-blocks had sharp, angular edges. 
For a few hours we sledged in between the hills and over some 
rather large plains, or we followed the small rivulets which led to the 
lake. The banks of the rivulets were quite steep and bore evidence 
of the immense rush of water, which flows through them every summer. 
These banks were on an average three metres high, and the texture 
of the earth could be seen in a few places, where a slide had occured 
during the preceding summer (Fig. 37). A layer of earth, interwoven 
with the roots of heather and willow and having an average thickness of 
about 50 ст. was lying on top of a moraine sediment, consisting of 
very course gravel and small pebbles. This layer of earth was seen 
in many places, and as a rule it projected above the gravel underneath, 
kept suspended by the numerous roots, which bound it together. 
The lake itself, which we reached after 3 hours’ travelling, had a 
length of 28 miles and a general N 30°E direction. It was — save for 
its extreme south end, which had an extent of 7 miles — rather narrow, 
and its breadth variated between 2—5 miles. A few islands were lying 
along its western bank (Fig. 38). 
The lake was separated from Danmark’s Fjord by a moraine, 3 
miles broad, which rose to a height of 30 metres. It was quite flat 
on top, had very sharp edges and consisted of coarse gravel and small 
pebbles, without any large stones at all. Some small lakes on its top 
almost connected Fyen’s Lake with Danmark’s Fjord. 
The land on the east side of the lake rose in large, even hills to a 
height of 250—300 metres as far as the bottom of Danmark’s Fjord, 
where it became higher and considerably steeper. The hills were broken 
in a single place — near the middle of the lake — where a broad valley 
extended ESE to the Inlandice, the only place where it was visible to 
the east. The land was rather bare of snow. 
The land facing the west shore was also evenly undulating in its 
southernmost part, where its height did not exceed 300 metres, but a 
very marked change took place on 801/,° Lat. N. from where and on to 
its end it rose steeply to a height of above 400 metres less than a mile 
from the shore, and in some places even closer. 
