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degrees. It was a horrible hole that we had got into ; the fjord 

 became narrower and narrower the farther we went, with high 

 threatening walls of rock on both sides. At its actual head it 

 was as narrow as a gut. The mate dubbed it ' Troldfjord ' (Troll 

 Fjord), a name we thought so suitable that it has not been 

 changed. 



Still, I had not given up all hope. I pinned my faith now 

 on some valley from the head of the fjord which might lead 

 in the desired direction. Yet even in regard to this matters did 



BY HKURKKA SOUND, SOUTH OF ISFJELDODDEX. 



not look very promising, for to all intents and purposes the fjord 

 ended in a steep cliff. 



We began to drive in misty weather the following morning, 

 but when a breeze from the north swept it away we saw that 

 between a high steep mountain on the east side of the fjord 

 and the cliff which barred its head there was a narrow opening. 

 Either it must be a narrow sound forming a prolongation of the 

 fjord, or a valley which perhaps might open the way northward 

 for us. 



We were in a good deal of excitement as we drove up the 

 fjord, and Fosheim, grown wise by experience and with a desire 



