Of the fishes mentioned in the sequel a few have been taken on 

 the voyage through the field-ice in towards the north-east coast 

 of Greenland in 1906 and again on the passage outwards in 1908, 

 but the great majority have been collected during the stay of the 

 Expedition at ca. 77° N. L., partly in Danmarks Havn, partly in the 

 surrounding waters. 



In such high latitudes the fishing must be carried on chiefly 

 in the summer-time, when there is open water, but even then the 

 conditions may be less than favourable. When, as was my ex- 

 perience during the two years we passed there, the ship lies at 

 anchor or frozen in at one spot for the whole of the time and the 

 only way of getting about in the summer is by means of a boat, 

 it can be readily understood, that the amount of work done is in 

 reality determined by the ice. In the morning, for example, the 

 harbour and the fjord may be quite free of ice; in the middle of 

 the day a quantity of drift-ice perhaps comes floating in and in the 

 evening the open water may be quite filled with densely packed ice. 

 Another day again the harbour might be filled with ice, but open 

 water present outside in the Qord where the current was running — 

 but too far away to get at with the heavy motor-boat. My aim was, 

 therefore, to go as far away as possible whilst there was open water 

 near the ship and to work without break at one definite spot so 

 long as the conditions permitted. Fortunately, at this time of year 

 there is light throughout the 24 hours, and if I had been able to 

 rely upon more assistance, the results would certainly have been 

 greater. Sometimes I was obliged to do everything for myself, row 

 the boat, fish, preserve, take notes etc., to get anything done at all. 

 In September the investigations became difficult owing to the forma- 

 tion of the thin ice, and by the middle of the month this had be- 

 come thick enough to prevent the passage of the boat at most 

 places. Throughout the winter the fishing was restricted to the 

 open channels or holes made in the ice — provided that the 



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