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meat, they found a bear there eating for all he was worth. An 

 attempt to shoot it was unsuccessful ; it was wounded, but saved 

 itself by taking rapid flight. 



They arrived at Bjorneborg in bad weather on April 5, after 

 six days' driving. They set to work at once on some small 

 repairs, and on taking out and apportioning Schei and Peder's 

 provisions ; and then, as they were lucky enough to get a fine 



GLACIER IN RDTHEKFOH1) BAY. 



day, made use of the opportunity to dry the sleeping-bag and fur 

 clothing before they started north again with Schei and Peder. 



On April 8 they were again on the way from Bjorneborg, 

 keeping to their own track west to Hvalrosfjord. When they 

 arrived there they saw another bear lying gnawing at the meat 

 and blubber, but he was wise in time, and made off before they 

 could get a shot at him. But in any case they had no time to 

 spend on bear-hunting just now, for they had plenty of meat. 



There was nearly always wind in the sound, and we hardly 

 ever had a thoroughly calm day there ; this time it was really very 

 bad. On April 8 and 9 they had a violent snowstorm, which on 





