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May 5th 1884 л¥11Ь 4 women's boats and 7 kaiaks. Omng to the ice 

 Holm did not reach the east coast until June 3rd. From the 11th 

 till the 27th of June Holm lay enclosed in the ice at the island 

 Kekertatsiak (60°10') and on July 6th he was stopped at Cape Adelaer 

 (61°48') by impenetrable ice. On July 23rd, however, the dreaded 

 glacier Puisortok could at last be passed and on July 28th the exped- 

 ition reached Tingmiarmiut (ca. 62°40'). 



Here the expedition divided into two parties. Garde went 

 southwards to winter at Nanortalik with the intention of returning 

 in the following summer to meet Holm. On his journeys along the 

 coast Garde sailed up and explored all the fjords and sounds on this 

 stretch. 



The principal expedition under Holm continued the journey 

 northward. On August 25th Dannebrogs Island (65°18') was reached; 

 this was the end point of Graah's expedition. On August 30th Ser- 

 milik Fjord (Egede and Rothes Fjord) was passed and on September 

 1st Holm arrived at Tasiusarsik (65°37'), where he passed the 

 winter. 



With Tasiusarsik as base Holm now explored the whole of the 

 large Angmagsalik district and its numerous fjords and sounds, on 

 which dwelt a hitherto unknown Eskimo tribe. From here Holm 

 brought home a rare, ethnographic collection as well as extremely 

 valuable ethnological information and Eskimo tales and fables. 



On June 9th 1885 Holm left Tasiusarsik and penetrated halfway 

 up into the large and deep Sermilik Fjord, after which on July 4th 

 he began the return journey. On July 16th the two parties of the 

 expedition met at Umanak (62°53') and then journeyed southwards 

 in company. On August 18th Nanortalik was reached and on August 

 29th Holm and Garde started for home after a sojourn in Green- 

 land of more than two years, during which they had succeeded in 

 surveying and exploring the coast right from Cape Farvel to ca. 66° 

 N. lat. 



In the same year that Holm journeyed to East Greenland, the 

 renowned Nordenskiöld sailed with the steamer "Sofia" to the west 

 coast of Greenland, with the intention of penetrating into the interior 

 of Greenland and exploring it. Nordenskiöld was of opinion, namely, 

 that it was by no means improbable, that the interior of Greenland 

 might be covered with vegetation or woods. Further, Nordenskiöld 

 desired to carry out hydrographical investigations in the waters be- 

 tween Cape Farvel and Iceland. 



Whilst engaged in the latter work Nordenskiöld succeeded, 

 on September 4th 1883, in penetrating the ice-belt and landing at 

 65°36', after following along the edge of the drift-ice right from Cape 

 Farvel. Here Nordenskiöld remained until the 5th and thereafter 

 proceeded northwards along the ice-belt, in order to make one more 



