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sults of the expedition and given explicit directions as to where his 
two comrades, together with all that was left of their outfit, was to be 
found. 
If these remains had been looked for the same spring that Bron- 
LUNDS body was found, then they would possibly have been found 
at the mouth of the small fjord, mentioned above, but this did not hap- 
pen, and two thaws and two winters erased all signs of the last resting 
place of MyL1us-ERICHSEN and HOEG-HAGEN. 
The return-journey from Cape Rigsdagen to Mallemukfjzldet. 
May 25th—July 3rd 1910. 
The return-journey began under rather favourable conditions, as we 
had provisions enough for 40 days on small but still sufficient rations. 
and dog-pemmican enough for 12 days. The total weight of the load 
was about 250 kg., and it was drawn by seven dogs, two of which however 
were of no account. But we expected to get some game before long 
and wanted, if possible, to keep the two dogs alive until then; however 
not expecting them to work we only fed them on very small rations. 
We were back-tracking to Myirus-ERICHSENS summer-camp, which 
we left on May 28th at Ба. m. shaping our course for the Prins Frederik 
Islands. The snow became very soft a short distance from land, but 
we could nevertheless make a fair progress, as it was not deeper than 
25—30 cm. 
The Prins Frederik Islands were reached on May 29th at 8,30 a.m.,. 
and we camped near them in order to make a careful search for traces 
of Myzius-ERICHSEN and his party. The islands or skerries vsere low 
and barren, and nothing whatever was found to indicate a previous 
visit of human beings in this place. We were a little surprised at this, 
as the island was an ideal place for a cairn, which could be seen very 
far on the route which a party would follow when searching for 
the missing men. The absence of a cairn with information indicates 
on the other hand that the prospects of -MyLius-ERICHSEN and his 
comrades when passing these islands had been good; otherwise they 
would certainly have built a cairn containing information for the party, 
which they believed to be looking for them. 
Our next camping-place was very near Prinsesse Dagmar Peninsula, 
which we reached on May 30th at 8,30 а. т., after a strenuous march 
through the deep and soft snow, which covered the bay to the west of it. 
Prinsesse Dagmar Peninsula is a low peninsula with a flat foreland, 
which rises gradually to a height of about 100 metres. The Inlandice 
floats out over its southern end. 
Owing to the extremely soft snow on the sea-ice we were compelled 
(on May 31st) to sledge on the low coast, which was rather bare of snow. 
No traces were seen of Myrivs-ErıcHsEn and his party, nor of the 
