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way, and they had to use their ' ski ' nearly the whole day. From 

 Nordstrand across to Arthur Fjord there was hardly anything but 

 pressed-up autumn ice, whereas Arthur Fjord itself had not broken 

 up the year before. 



From Arthur Fjord to Cape Osborn there was old ice the 

 greater part of the way ; farther south there was a good deal of 

 pressed-up autumn ice ; under land there were polynias, but at 

 every single cape they found themselves in bad pressure-ice. 



THE PRISONERS ON DJ-ffiVELOEN (DEVIL ISLAND). 



There was water on the ice north of North Kent, and once on the 

 way to Nordstrand they would have certainly gone through if they 

 had not had on ' ski.' They had remaining eleven days' dog-food 

 when they reached the ' Fram.' 



NORTH DEVON AND STENKULFJORD. 

 Of the journey to North Devon Isachsen writes : 

 ' On April 12 we were off again. This time it was Bay and I 

 who were to try to gain some idea of the north coast of North 

 Devon. We were provisioned for thirty-five days. 



