SHERARD OSBORNE FJORD 



On the following day, the 29th of May, we reach Cape 

 Wohlgemuth through the same heavy snow which we have 

 hitherto met on the fjords ; the downfall seems to be sufficient 

 here, but little wind. In spite of the trail of our comrades, 

 which is of great assistance to us, it takes us eleven hours 

 to cover the distance of 29 kilometres. Here by Cape 

 Wohlgemuth we celebrate this high-spirited name by giving 

 our dogs the last meat we possess. During a short ski excur- 

 sion we find on a ski-staff another letter from Wulff with the 

 information that on this spot they have shot a musk-ox. 



Next day at noon we reach our comrades, who receive us 

 with storming shouts of welcome. They have again shot six 

 musk-oxen, a heaven-sent gift for our hungry dogs. 



Yesterday Harrigan tried to hunt in Nordenskjold Fjord, 

 but returned quickly, as he saw at once that the country was 

 no good hunting-ground. He found everywhere tall, vertical 

 mountain-walls ; the few cloughs which ran across the great 

 compact chains of mountains were stony deserts without vege- 

 tation. He did not go far inland, and we, who wish to keep 

 as long as possible to the tracts marked on the old charts, are 

 hoping that the fjord may be so deep that at its head we may 

 find land and game. 



However, one matter must be decided on at once. Accord- 

 ing to our original plan, a permanent headquarters was to be 

 made by the head of Nordenskjold Fjord, where the botanist 

 of the expedition during our wandering life was to make his 

 observations in peace. Hendrik Olsen, Harrigan, and Bosun 

 were to remain with Wulff, and were to hunt in preparation 

 for our journey homewards ; while Koch, Ajako, and I were 

 to cross over to the land of the big game and Nyeboes Glacier, 

 and then via Independence Fjord go north of Peary Land, call- 

 ing at Mylius-Erichsen's beacon on Cape Glacier, at Koch's 

 beacon near Cape Bridgeman, and at Peary's beacon near Cape 

 Morris Jesup. After the lapse of a good one and a half 

 months the members of the expedition were to meet again off 

 Nordenskjold Fjord to start the return journey together. 



But after Inukitsoq's sledge journey in the fjord the plan 



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