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NEW LAND. 



north, but we had to leave it, for simply we did not see 

 them! 



After we had passed Cape South-West, and were steering down 

 on Norskebugten, the wind fell, and the fog became so thick that 

 we could hardly see our hands before us ; but, being familiar with 

 the course, we were able to make comparatively good way. It 



VIEW OF BEITSTADFJORD GLACIER. 



was only when we came further south that the weather became 

 clearer, and progress easier; the last few days we made very 

 creditable daily marches, on good flat ice. 



It was a great pleasure to us to see how the dogs picked up as 

 soon as the weather improved. They had been so encased in ice 

 that we had been obliged to scrape it off them, not only in the 

 morning before starting, but over and over again during the day. 



