a A. L. V. Manniche. 



Beyond the latter — lat. 80°13' n. — the ice conditions are ex- 

 tremely different from the newly described part of the coast, lying 

 more to the south. Even as early as in April the sledge travellers 

 of the expedition found so much open water, that they were not 

 able to pass without great difficulty. In June only the ice foot was 

 left; otherwise the sea Avas perfectly free from ice. On October 16*^ 

 even the ice foot had disappeared, and the Avaves were breaking 

 against the naked rocks. These consisted of sedimentary layers 

 about the height of 500 meter. The vegetation was here extremely 

 scanty. On the eastern point of "Holms Land" which forms a very 

 low tongue of land, a rather luxurious vegetation seems to exist on 

 the contrary. Numerous remains of an Eskimo settlement prove 

 that as well mammals as sea-birds have their resort here, a fact 

 which the sledge travellers of the expedition had the opportunity 

 of testifying moreover. In the case of the sea-birds it is doubtless 

 the unusually favourable ice conditions which have such an allu- 

 ring effect. 



On this peninsula as well as on "Amdrups Land" which is situ- 

 ated north of the Ingolfs-Fjord, considerable sediment formations 

 are found, on which a number of sea-birds have their breeding 

 places. At the inner side of the inlet, in Amdrups Land, some parts 

 are comparatively rich in vegetation. (Some musk-oxen were met 

 with here.) The w^hole peninsula "Kronprins Christians Land" is 

 covered with inland ice however. 



On the west side of the newly discovered inlet "Danmarks 

 Fjord", the travelling party of Mylius-Erichsen found a compara- 

 tively rich animal life. Several musk-oxen, arctic foxes, hares and 

 an arctic Avolf was seen. With regard to birds — as may be sur- 

 mised from the diary left by Brønlund — it was especially ptarmi- 

 gans and brent geese (Anser torqvatus) which the travellers met with 

 in this place. 



Judging from the map sketched by Hagen, the peninsula Mylius- 

 Erichsens Land betw^een Danmarks Fjord and "Hagens Fjord" forms 

 for the rest a rather barren, undulating highland. 



The south and east coast of Peary Land is formed by a flat 

 gravel plain with some vegetation — in some places rather ample. 

 Frederick E. Hyde Fjord, the northernmost inlet in the world, is 

 rather narrow and deep, surrounded by high mountains, the sum- 

 mits of which reach a height of about 2000 meter. Chiefly the same 

 animal forms as at Danmarks Fjord were observed here. 



The rather large peninsula Germania Land which is bounded 

 by Skærfjorden in the north and Dove Bugt in the south forms to- 



