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pole expedition penetrated np to Кар Bismarck (77°00'). 

 But in 1905 Duke Philippe of Orleans ^) with his ship 

 "Bellica" succeeded in penetrating past Кар Bismarck 

 and landing at Кар Philippe (77°36')- Here, like the other 

 explorers, Duke Philippe found Eskimo house ruins etc. but 

 no living Eskimo. 



It remains only to mention Mylius- Erichsen' s expe- 

 dition, called: "The Dan mark-Expedition to the north-east 

 coast of Greenland, 1906—1908". Myliu s-Erich sen 

 succeeded in reaching the East coast and placing the »Dan- 

 mark», the ship of the expedition, in winter harbour at 76°46' 

 Lat. With the winter harbour as a starting-point sledging 

 expeditions were with splendid audacity and indomitable courage 

 undertaken northwards along the entirely unknown north-east 

 coast. Koch's sledging party reached Кар Bridgeman 

 (circa 83° 30'), while Mylius-E richse'n's sledging party 

 entered Independence Bay at circa 81° 68' Lat. and 

 32° 30' W. Long, three or four Danish miles NE. of Кар 

 Glacier, thus forming a connection with Peary's journeys 

 from the west. The last unknown stretch of coast of the whole 

 extensive coast-line of Greenland had thus been explored, 

 and the last stone laid to a work in which Denmark had 

 taken a prominent part for centuries. But Myl ius-E richsen 

 and his two faithful companions won the prize at the cost of 

 their lives , for they perished on the sledging expedition of 

 which we have already spoken. But the results — in part at 

 least — were saved from destruction. And we thus know that 

 My lius - E ri ch se n met with remains of former Eskimo settle- 

 ments right up at Hagens Fjord (circa 82° 08'). 



Whereas previous expeditions had thus shown that living 

 Eskimo were no longer to be found along the stretch of coast 

 from Scoresby Sund and northward, quite different and 



M Zeitschrift der Gesellechaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin. 1905. P 563. 



