46 G. Amdrup. 



The provisions were chosen with great care, based on the exper- 

 ience of the many arctic expeditions of recent years. But Mylius- 

 Erichsen himself had great ex])erience. He had lived a winter with 

 the Cape York Eskimo, in the winter of 1903 — 1904. 



On the scientific side nothing was spared in the way of equipment. 

 Each of the scientific members of the Expedition was left to equip 

 himself quite according to his own wish in his own special field. The 

 ship itself was provided with trawling apparatus, apparatus for soun- 

 dings and for hydrographical investigations. 



During the preparations the Expedition met with the greatest 

 good-will from practically all who in one way or other could show 

 it favour. 



His Majesty King Frederik VIII and the members of the Royal 

 Family supported and encouraged Mylius-Erichsen right from the 

 very first. On June 9th his Majesty accompanied by Their Royal 

 Highnesses, Crown Prince Christian and Prince Valdemar paid a 

 visit onboard the "Danmark" and on this occasion Mylius-Ekichsen 

 had his long-cherished wish fulfilled, the King on Mylius-Erichsen's 

 request assuming the protectorate of the Expedition. 



Among the many others, who supported the Expedition in various 

 ways, in addition to those mentioned earlier, the following may be 

 named. 



The Home Secretary of that time, Sigurd Berg, the Director 

 of the royal dockyard, Rear-Admiral Zachariae, the University Pro- 

 fessor N. V. UssiNG, the Director of the Royal Greenland Trading 

 Company С Ryberg, Docent at the University Martin Knudsen, the 

 Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society Captain 0. Irminger 

 R. D. N. and many more. 



Members of the Expedition. 



The different members were engaged during the progress of the 

 preparations. The composition of the Expedition was as follows. 



1. The author, Cand. phil. Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, born on 

 January 15th 1872 in Viborg; Chief of the Expedition and leader uf 

 the ethnographic investigations. In 1902 — 1904 Mylius-Erichsen 

 had been the leader of a 2У2 years' expedition to West Greenland, 

 the "Literary Greenland Expedition i". 



2. First-heutenant in the Navy Alf Erik Martin Jens Carl 

 Trolle born October 4th 1879 in Copenhagen: in command of the 

 ship and second in command of the Expedition. Director of the marine 

 surveying and of the hydrographical observations. After the death 

 of Mylius-Erichsen in charge of the Expedition. 



For the purpose of gaining experience Trolle in the spring of 



I See p. 37. 



