90 EJNAR MIKKELSEN. 
has also, in the same treatise, made mention of the important discovery 
made by MyLius-ERICHSEN, not previously known, namely that Peary 
“Channel” does not exist, and he gives him and his comrades the full 
credit of this important discovery. 
My.tus-ERICHSEN writes in his report: 
“First-lieutenant HAGEN, the Greenlander BRONLUND and the under- 
“signed on May 28th, 1907 at the North-east Naze of this land (ca. 82°04’ 
“М. Lat., са. 22° W.Long.) left the sledge-party of First-lieutenant Косн.... 
“We drove westward with 23 dogs until the Ist of June, and reached 
“Peary’s Cape Glacier, discovered that the Peary Channel does not exist; 
“Navy Cliff is connected by fast land with Heilprinn Land. We re- 
“named Independence Bay the Independence Fjord, and built a cairn 
“(with report) on a low point near Cape Glacier. On the way out through 
“the Fjord, we discovered and explored two side-fjords — “Bronlund’s 
"Fjord" towards the north-west and “Hagen’s Fjord“ towards the 
“south-east, and built a cairn (with report) at the last mentioned. Also 
“discovered old tentrings’”. 
On comparing this report with the information concerning this 
part of the journey furnished by JoRGEN BRONLUND’s diary, the data _ 
upon which previous accounts and conjectures of the route have been 
based will be found to have another meaning, agreeing, moreover, entirely 
with MyLius-ERICHSEN’S own statements. 
The route into and out from Independence Bay would roughly be 
as follows: 
28/,. Leave Cape Rigsdagen. 
(according to MYLIUS-ERICHSEN's report and Koch). 
2%/,. Reach mouth of Hagen’s Fjord. 
(according to HoEG-HAGEN’S sketch map and sketch"). 
1. At Varde Point near Cape Glacier. 
(according to Myzius-ERIOHSEN’S report, HoEG-HAGEN’s 
sketch of land, Pl. IX?, and Jorgen BRØNLUND'S diary). 
5/5. Pass Cape Grundloven. 
(this would appear to be the most probable date judging 
by the name given to the cape). 
12/,. At summer camp in Danmark’s Fjord. 
(according to MYyLIus-ERICHSEN'Ss Report). 
These are the only absolutely certain dates; we may, however, 
on the basis of these and in conjunction with Myzrus-ERICHSEN‘S re- 
port, Hors-Hacen’s sketch maps and JORGEN BRØNLUND'S diary, 
draw up a more detailed route, as follows: 
On the 28/, the sledge party left Cape Rigsdagen, moving westward 
1 Amprup, Medd. om Grønland, vol. XLI, рр. 221—223. Pl.V & VIII. 
2 The plate number here and in the following refer to vol. XLI, No. 1. 
