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and аз the glacier had given place to a low, clayey foreshore, it was im- 
possible to go farther, until the ice had frozen solid once more. 
This was probably what they were waiting for, and it is presumably 
during this period of inaction, spent under fairly comfortable condi- 
tions, that BRØNLUND wrote the essay, etc. referred to above. And 
the party must probably have grown tired of the long delay, before the 
ice became solid, and they therefore decided to give up waiting and 
to go over the Inlandice to Lambert’s Land, from where they could 
travel on the floating Inlandice. 
It is, however, surprising to note that the depot on Amdrup’s Land 
should have been left untouched, and that none of the party should 
have seen any occasion to make the comparatively short journey 
from Antarctic Bay to Sophus Mollers Nes to fetch this food. But we 
have already seen, in the case of the northernmost depot, that for some 
reason or other they wished to spare the provisions of the different 
depots, and the same reason might have served here. 
But this fact also tends to show that the party must have had 
abundance of food, as there was a good supply here, especially of dog- 
feed. Neither Муттоз-ЕвтснзЕМ nor any of his comrades can how- 
ever have visited the place at all, since the messages left by Косн and 
THOSTRUP in a tin at the depot were still there, when we arrived. 
We can thus follow the three men in their attempt to get back 
to the ship, as far as Antarctic Bay. From the time of their ascent on 
to the Inlandice, however, on the 19th of October according to Bron- 
LUND, all trace of them is lost, until we find them again in Lambert’s 
Land, where, as we know from the final entry in BRØNLUNDS diary, 
Horc-Hacen died on the 15th of November. 
As to this part of their terrible journey, but little can be said; once 
up on the Inlandice, they would be forced to go on, until they reached 
Lambert’s Land. We know with some certainty where they went up 
(Antarctic Bay), and where they came down (79° Fjorden); and the route 
between these two points must be drawn round behind the great masses 
of Holm’s Land which lie between the Inlandice and the sea. 
_ The journey over the Inlandice must have taken much longer time 
than the three brave men had reckoned on; the darkness, in conjunction 
with the violent autumn storms, must have caused them unexpected 
delays, apart from the difficult nature of the ground to be passed, where 
crevasses and chasms would force them to make long detours, and make 
the whole undertaking very hazardous, as the snow-bridges, which span 
the crevasses in spring are partly lacking in the fall of the year. 
As to the exact place where they made the descent, nothing can 
of course be said with certainty: I am inclined, however, to agree with 
Capt. Amprup! in supposing that the spot where they pitched their 
1 Medd. om Grønland, Vol. XLI, pag. 219. 
