Fia. 1. A dead male Walrus. Danmarks Havn ' 7 1907. 



The stretch of country which has been mapped out and in part 

 scientifically investigated by the Danmark-Expedition, extends 

 from the Shannon Island in the south (ca. 75" N. L.) to Кар Bridg- 

 man (ca. 83^2° N. L.) in the north and Кар Glacier (81° 33' N. L., 

 ca. 31° W. L.) in the north-west. 



The mapping of the country refers not only to the course of the 

 outer coast and its larger or smaller islands, but also to the fjords 

 right in to their innermost branches (only some few fjords were 

 not followed quite to their head), and also to Dronning Louises 

 Land and the margin of the inland ice. 



Such an enormous stretch of land can naturally only be examined 

 in a fleeting manner at many places; the districts lying nearest to 

 Danmarks Havn (76° 46' N. L.) have been the more often travelled 

 over b}^ the members of the Expedition, whilst the places farthest 

 off (the most northerly) have only been investigated on one occasion, 

 namely, on the great northern journey in April — November 1907. 

 But as the latter was taken part in by several sledge parties, sent 

 out Avith different aims and returning at different times, the informa- 

 tion regarding these northerly regions is quite copious, and to this 

 may be added the circumstance, that one of the sledge parties was 

 obliged to pass the summer in Danmarks Fjord and was thus able 



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