I90 FARTHEST NORTH 



Petermann's Land, provided it lie about where Payer 

 determined it. I should have taken an observation 

 yesterday, but it was misty. 



" At the end of our day, yesterday, we went across 

 many lanes and piled -up ridges; in one of the latter, 

 which appeared to be quite new, immense pieces of 

 fresh-water ice had been pressed up. They were closely 

 intermixed with clay and gravel, the result of infiltra- 

 tion, so that at a distance the blocks looked dark-brown, 

 and might easily be taken for stone ; in fact, I really 

 thought they were stone. I can only imagine that this 

 ice is river ice, probably from Siberia. I often saw 

 huge pieces of fresh-water ice of this kind farther north, 

 and even in latitude 86° there was clay on the ice. 



" Sunday, April 28th. We made good way yester- 

 day, presumably 20 miles. We began our march about 

 half-past three in the afternoon the day before yesterday, 

 and kept at it till yesterday morning. Land is drawing 

 nigh, and the exciting time beginning, when we may 

 expect to see something on the horizon. Oh, how I am 

 longing for land, for something under one's feet that is 

 not ice and snow; not to speak of something to rest ones 

 eyes on. Another fox-track yesterday; it went in about 

 the same direction as the previous ones. Later in the 

 day ' Gulen ' gave in ; it seemed to be a case of complete 

 exhaustion, he could hardly stand on his legs, reeled over, 

 and when we placed him on one of the loads he lay quite 

 still without moving. We had already decided to kill 



