104 EJNAR MIKKELSEN. 
tent for the last time, and where HøEG-HAGEN and MyLius-ERICHSEN 
died, was the westernmost of the two small fjords, which run from the 
northward down into Lambert’s Land. 
The tent was most likely pitched on the ice, as there would hardly 
be snow enough on land so early in the year, and when we reached this 
fjord in the autumn of 1909, two summers’ thaw had passed over the 
spot. The ice had been broken up and the tent with the last remains 
of the two brave and enduring men had disappeared, together with 
such indications as they might have left concerning the spot where 
HoEG-HAGENS journals were to be found, or informations regarding 
what had become of them. 
It is possible that these were left, as Captain AMDRUP! supposes, 
at the place where the ascent was made; in my opinion, however, there 
are certain points which seem to indicate that this was not the case. 
In the first place, the three men probably never dreamed that they 
were setting out on what was to be their last journey. When they ascended 
the Inlandice, they must have had plenty of meat, since they were able 
to exist for so long — nearly a month — and they could certainly not 
expect the journey to take anything like that time, the distance being 
only about 150 miles. 
In addition to this, had they considered the journey as being of so 
dangerous a nature as to render it advisable to leave their diaries behind 
in the hope of their being found later on, they would have made every 
effort to deposit them somewhere out on the coast, particularly at a depot, 
where future sledge-parties might he expected to pass, and not at the 
bottom of a deep bay. And to leave the originals behind and take a 
copy with them would seem, in my opinion, a somewhat unnatural 
method of proceeding. Under such conditions as these a copy might 
be left behind, as it was of much less value than the diaries and would 
be of no account, if the party succeeded in getting through. If they — 
on the other hand — had left the originals, it would mean a long journey 
to fetch them, whereas a copy might be left where it was. Should the 
party however not come through, then the copy would be of great value 
if found later on, as the results of the journey would appear from it. 
Finally if they had, as Capt. AMDRUP supposes, divided the material 
in such a way that BRØNLUNDS diary and copies of the maps would be 
all that got through, they would in all probability have made some 
note to this effect in the diary, as well as some indication of the spot 
where the originals were left. It must be remembered that if the diaries 
were deposited anywhere in a depot, with the intention here suggested 
and in the hope that someone would find them later on, then here had 
been plenty of time to consider what was best to be done, and they 
would certainly have thought of making the note in BRØNLUNDS diary. 
1 Medd. om Grønland, vol, XLI, pag. 221. 
