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“in still not safe, otherwise had considered the possibility of returning 
“home via the inland ice from the head of Danmark’s Fjord to the Fjord 
“at са. 79° N. lat. Imagine we have had down to 15° of cold (Centigrade) 
“during the past week. Taking on the sledge drift-wood for 8 days’ 
“cooking, over 300 lbs. of meat, which is sufficient food for ourselves 
“for 16 days and 8 days for the dogs. Will follow the Fjord eastwards 
“the ca. 144 miles out to the outer coast and from there, with the help 
“of the depots laid out there in the spring and bear hunting, we hope 
“to be able to reach the ship safely in 5—6 weeks. 
L. MYLIUS-ERICHSEN, 
Leader of the “Danmark Expedition”. 
This report gave us food for thought, as we had thus far considered 
it certain that MyLius-ERICHSEN and his comrades had gone along the 
west coast of Danmark’s Fjord, to Fyen’s Lake, and along it to the 
Inlandice and had then made the ascent, although it had seemed to us 
incredible that this could be possible, considering the steep glacier face 
and the absence of large snow drifts in the fall of the year. It was now, 
however, beyond doubt that the party on leaving this place had gone 
northward along the coast, at least for some part of the way. 
The question now arose — where then could we except to find the 
journals? There might be a possibility of their being at Cape Kron- 
borg, as BRØNLUND writes about a depot laid down here, but it seemed 
most likely that the party had taken everything with them, when they 
passed the cape on their homeward journey, as they were then according 
to the report well fed and in good condition and had comparatively 
plentiful provisions. The journals might then be found at the place 
where they had later ascended the Inlandice from the outer coast when 
stopped by open water, but as to where this might be, however, we 
could form no idea as yet. 
We had now to make some alterations in our sledging arrangements, 
as we had lost or killed as useless eight dogs since leaving our comrades 
on the Inlandice on April 10th. We had now only seven left, and were 
compelled to leave one of our sledges behind, although the total load 
was somewhat heavy for one sledge, weighing as it did a little more 
than 300 kg. The going was however fairly good in spite of a thin layer 
of wet snow, which covered the ice, and which continually increased 
in thickness, as it was snowing almost every day. 
The coast was followed up on May 23rd, and we kept quite close 
inland, as we could now expect to find traces of the party anywhere, 
but the shore along which we were sledging was not a likely place for a 
depot or cairn, as it rose very steeply without any low foreland. The 
coast itself was undulating, but we could not see the topography 
further inland, as the weather was very foggy and continued so during 
the following days. 
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