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northward from Baumann Fiord. From Troldfiord they 

 passed over the land, and reached a large fiord running 

 east and west. A course was made for the north-west 

 point, from which a waterway was seen extending north- 

 ward as far as the eye could reach. To this was given 

 the name of " Heureka Sound. 1 '' In the north was seen 

 a high, bluish-black, precipitous promontory, which was 

 called " Blaamander," or " The Blue Man," and the course 

 was set on this. Farther north it was decided that 

 Fosheim and the mate, who were still with Sverdrup, 

 should follow the east side of the sound, while Sverdrup 

 and Schei should follow the west side. From this point, 

 far to the north, rose a mountain crag which appeared 

 like an island. It was later found that it was not an 

 island, but that large fiords penetrated the land towards 

 the north and east. From there, Greely Fiord runs 

 north-east. 



Sverdrup and Schei now made for the west coast, which 

 they followed northward over rough ice and in bad 

 weather. They finally reached a point which was termed 

 " Smorgrautberget." From here they received the im- 

 pression that a large sea opened out to the north-west, 

 and that Axel Heiberg Land was separated from Grant 

 Land by a sound which was named "Fridtjof Nansen 

 Sound. " 



On 13th May the return journey was begun. Not far 

 south of the most northern point reached they found 

 Eskimo ruins. Near Blaamander they crossed to the 

 east coast. On the journey north, and also on the way 

 south, they encountered wolves. A pack of twelve 

 attacked a dog-team, and one of the dogs was severely 

 bitten before the wolves were driven off. On the return 

 journey several fiords were explored and examined geo- 

 logically by Schei, who was always on the look-out for 

 fossils. The Fram was reached on 18th June. 



