Report on the expedition. 89 
Attempt to reconstruct the last journey of Mylius-Erichsen. 
Pitt, 
When Captain Amprup drew up his “Report on the Danmark- 
Expedition”, (Meddelelser om Grønland, Vol. XLI, and especially chapter G 
of same, entitled “Last Journey of MyLius-ERICHSEN, HOEG-HAGEN and 
JoRGEN BRØNLUND”, рр. 213—23) he had at his disposal the following 
data upon which to determine their route: 
1. JorGEN BRONLUND’S Diary. 
2. HøEG-HAGEN's sketch-maps and drawings. 
3. Myrıus-EricHsen’s verbal communication to Capt. Косн at Cape 
Rigsdagen on the 27. May 1907, and finally, 
4. the opinion of Capt. Косн regarding the route of the perished party 
(see Medd. om Grønl. XLVI, No. 2, Pl. IV). 
On the basis of information contained in the above the route was 
conjectured to have been as follows: 
Sledging westward from Cape Rigsdagen, the party headed into 
Independence Fjord as far as the mouth of Hagen’s Fjord, entering which 
they reached the bottom of same 30/5—1/6 and returned, proceeding 
farther west along the south coast of Independence Fjord. Cape Grund- 
loven was passed on the 5th of June, and Varde Point (the place where 
MyLIus-ERICHSEN subsequently built his cairn: 1. e. Danish “Varde”’ 
and deposited his report) was reached about the 7th or 8th of June. 
Here they turned and commenced the return journey along the south 
coast of Peary Land to Cape Caroline Marie cutting from there across 
to Cape Rigsdagen, arriving at Danmark’s Fjord once more on the 12th 
of June. 
This route made out by Capt. Косн is also laid down on the chart 
in “Meddelelser om Grønland”, Vol. XLVI, No. 2, Pl. IV. 
A new document has, however, now come to light, which entirely 
upsets this theory and at the same time furnishes the means of deter- 
mining the actual route followed by the party with greater certainty 
than before and containing besides information of an important discovery. 
This document is MyLrus-ERICHSENS report, found on the site of his 
summer-camp, and dated 8th August 1907. (see pp. 86—87). 
Before proceeding to explain and discuss this new route, however, 
reference must be made to Capt. Amprups Report which, it must be 
born in mind, was written before the appearance of the document in 
question. Captain Amprup has in Vol. XLI, No. 5, included this to- 
gether with the other report found by the present writer in Danmark’s 
Fjord in May 1910. 
In this treatise Capt. Amprup has altered Myiius-ERICHSENS route 
in accordance with the later information thus obtained. Capt. AMDRUP 
1 In drawing the head of Independence Fjord the map of Кмор Ras- 
MUSSEN has been used. 
