178 WILHELM LAUB. 
SEN who had been up and walked about on his sore feet the last fort- 
night wanted to go fora trip, and thought he could stand the journey 
to the depot where they were to stay, and where he could have his 
feet properly attended to. 
On the 27th of June he and Poutsen started for the depot with 
instructions to remain until they were relieved, which would take place 
as soon as the house was finished. 
The three of us who stayed behind worked very hard at building 
the house, which was ultimately finished on July 11th, so that we 
were able to move into it. It was high time, as we had now foggy, rainy 
weather which very quickly penetrated the tent we had hitherto lived 
in (Fig. 92). 
Two days later OLSEN and UNGER received instructions to proceed 
to the Shannon depot to relieve JØRGENSEN and PouLsen. They also 
got off all right early in the morning of July 13th, and they hoped to 
get through in about ten hours. 
But they found difficult conditions when trying to cross Frozen 
Bay and returned to our quarters in the evening of the same day. As 
OLSEN had strained a muscle, UNGER and I went southwards the next 
day to the depot, which we reached after fourteen hours’ continuous 
marching. The going had been rendered unusually difficult through 
the thaw, so that over the ice we had constantly to wade up to our 
knees in water, and over land we waded over three miles of swamp. 
JORGENSEN and PouLsEN had no experiences to relate from the 
depot, nor had they seen any ship. So they returned the next day, 
but we retained our three dogs and the sledge, estimating that in 
case a ship should come, we should be better able to return quickly 
to the winter quarters with the sledge than without it. 
The ice, which during JORGENSEN’s and POULSEN’s stay at the depot 
had lain firmly out from the land at about half a mile off, and over 
the whole of Freeden Bay as well as over the strait between Shannon 
and Pendulum Islands (see Fig. 68) broke up completely on July 18th, 
so that the open water came right up to the land, and at the same 
time far into the bay between Shannon and Pendulum Islands. 
We passed our time down here by keeping a look-out and going 
after game, on land as well as on sea, and we used for the latter sport 
a canvas kayak lying at the depot, similar to the one which was placed 
on the mainland for the use of Capt. MIKKELSEN and IVERSEN. It turned 
out to be an excellent craft, and had good carrying powers. 
On July 27th at 11 a.m. the galeas “7de Juni” of Aalesund, Capt. 
М. LANDMARK, sailed up to the depot, after having found the open 
letter and report we had left at Bass Rock (Fig. 93). The “7de Juni” 
had wintered at Germania Havn on Sabine Island, in order to hunt 
bears and foxes, but they had met with no success. Captain LAND- 
