156 WILHELM LAUB. 
On the 17th we were on a hill (elevated ground) of about 440 m 
above sea level nearly four miles from the north-east coast of Dronning 
Louise’s Land at 77°19’ N. Lat. The Inlandice between Ymer’s Nunatak 
and Dronning Louise’s Land was observed to rise considerably about 
seven to eight miles west of our tent ground, but it appeared to be a 
good, even road. After having made a survey and sketched and photo- 
graphed we proceeded in the evening on a trip to the west in order. 
to find a good road for the next day. On further investigation the road, 
however, proved to be anything but level, consisting as it did of hum- 
mocks of about ten to twelve metres in height, with holes interspersed. 
Even if the ground could not be regarded as dangerous, as there were 
no actual crevasses, still it was difficult to traverse, being entirely bare 
of snow; only at intervals there was a snowdrift which could assist us 
in some way by enabling the dogs to get a proper foothold. On the slip- 
pery ice it was impossible for them to make any headway, as they could 
not stand on it, but kept on shpping and falling all the time. As far 
as we ourselves were concerned, it was necessary to resort to our ski 
poles so as to keep our footing. The sledge gave us practically no sup- 
port, because it, generally speaking, constantly had a side slip. As to 
the forerunner it was absolutely necessary for him to avail himself of 
his ski-pole. 
The same day we had the regrettable misfortune to lose three days’ 
rations, as the dogs in our absence from the tent had broken into it and 
regaled themselves on the food, which had not been closed up in the 
cases. This was a considerable loss to us, about a tenth part of our total 
rations having been “appropriated”’. 
The culmination of surprises occurred on April 18th. In the fore- 
noon the sledging was rather good, as we had picked up our tracks from 
the previous evening on the first part of the journey. The ice had prac- 
tically no incline, but only the old irregular surface, bare of snow. About 
three miles from the tent ground which we left on the morning of the 18th, 
having sledged along in a westerly direction, we passed a belt of rubble and 
stone going ша NNW by SSE direction (Fig. 69). Whether this was the sur- 
face of the ground (bedrock) appearing here, or only loose bits of stone 
carried along by the ice in its advance, I am not in a position to deter- 
mine, but the correct surmise would appear to be that it is the actual 
ground, and I propose to return to a discussion of the matter. From 
this point of observation we noticed that further ahead a perfectly ver- 
tical glacier appeared, which was named Suzanne Glacier (Fig. 70). For 
the next three miles the ice was very smooth and covered with a rather 
thick layer of snow. When I say that the ice was smooth, I mean 
that the rugged formation disappeared, whilst at the same time the 
surface became like a large hilly territory, with long even hills and val- 
leys, which at last, as we came nearer up to the edge of the glacier, became 
shorter and shorter, finally assuming the character of regular crevices, and 
