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top of — thus one just east of us and one just south, of which I should 
estimate the latter at 300 metres higher than where we stood, i. e. about 
1720 metres above the level of the sea. Towards northeast we also saw 
nunataks higher than our position. From the nunatak where we stood, 
a very conspicuous glacier or branch from the main body extended 
in а WNW and ESE direction, thus passing straight through Dron- 
ning Louise’s Land from the west coast to the eastern side, but it 
must be mentioned that the glacier was broken up by greater and 
smaller nunataks. The outrunning of the glacier in Storstrømmen at 
the east coast of Dronning Louise’s Land seemed to be just opposite 
Brede Glacier. 
On all the nunataks forming the west coast of Dronning Louise’s 
Land, the Inlandice lay close up to the west side which sloped towards 
it; so that it was easy to climb them from this side, whilst they were 
very steep on the east side of the islands, where ascent was im- 
possible. The whole of the east side of the island on which we were 
standing was thus quite perpendicular. 
The west coast of Dronning Louise’s Land fell away from the 
place where we were in a S12E direction, but the southern end of the 
land could not be definitely located. Moreover, we observed the Olsen’s 
and Poulsen’s nunataks in a SSW and SW by S direction, whilst 
also noticing that the Inlandice towards the south was continually rising. 
As to the snowdrifts on the ice — along the west coast there was a 
lot of snow on the ice — it showed that the main direction of the 
wind was southerly. 
After having descended we decided to return and commence the 
homeward journey from here. Our reasons were: 
“The main purpose of the expedition is Capt. MIKKELSEN’s journey 
and safe return, which is dependent upon the following depots; at 
the bottom of Dove Bay, at the entrance to the same, and at Haystack. 
Up to the present the party has been pursued by bad luck, and has 
made but little progress during the 19 days since we parted from Capt. 
MIKKELSEN. We have still provisions for a fortnight, on somewhat 
reduced rations, but not sufficient for us to reach south of Dronning 
Louise’s Land, according to the experience we have gained on the stretch 
already covered; as with the descent to the Inlandice in the Ardencaple 
Inlet it is a distance of about 210 miles and with the descent to Dove 
Bay also about 210 miles to the “Alabama”, according to which an 
average day’s march of 15 miles was necessary. This distance we only 
covered on a few occasions, and there is no prospect of our being able to 
keep it up, particularly when considering the prevailing conditions: 
bad weather, constant head wind, unknown territory and constantly 
inclining ice. It is true that if the descent took place at Dove Bay, 
we should have Capt. MIKKELSEN’s depots to fall back upon, but the 
probability of bemg able to supplement the stores with others before 
