72 G. Amdrup. 



of achieving an essential part of the programnu' |>lanned necessitates 

 our having all the dogs in good condilion . . . ". 



To obtain food for the dogs by hunting and at the same lime 

 carry on scientific investigations, Mylius-Erichsen resolved to make 

 an excursion at once by boat into Dove Bay along with 8 others — 

 Tobias Gabrielsen, Peter Hansen, Jarner, Fritz Johansen, 

 GuNDAHL Knudsen, Lundager, Manniche and Chr. Bendix Tho- 

 strup, whilst Trolle at the same time with other 12 members of 

 the Expedition — Bistrup, Kntm) Christiansen, Freuchen, Achton 

 Friis 1, Hans Jensen, Koefoed, Hendrik Olsen, Charles Poulsen, 

 Ring, Gustav Thostrup, Wegener and Weinschenck — should 

 carry on all the work (mboard and at the winter quarters. If any 

 large animals appeared, Trolle was also to arrange for hunting them, 

 and Friis and Wegener were to be given as much opportunity as 

 possible to carry on their own special investigations, whilst the care 

 of the dogs was entrusted to the Greenlander Hendrik Olsen. 



In carrying out this scheme, those onboard began at once on 

 all the many tasks to be done in the winter quarters, botli onboard 

 and on land. All the woodwork, planks and boarding for building 

 the houses, observatories, sheds etc., provisions, coal, materials for 

 the kites and balloons, hydrogen holders and many other things had 

 to be unloaded and brought on land, whilst at the same time all things 

 onboard had to be cleared up and arranged in view of the approaching 

 winter. 



When the ship's carpenter, Gundahl Knudsen, returned on 

 August 29th from the boating expedition to Dove Bay, the work 

 of setting up the buildings on land was begun along with the upper 

 structure of the ship — work that was only completed on October 24th. 



The jiosition of the vessel in tiie hai'bour as well as all the in- 

 stallations on land will bt^ seen from Plan III. 



Description of the station in Danmarks Havn. 



Mylius-Erichsen was fortunate in the selection of the Expedi- 

 tion's winter quarters. The vessel lay very securely according to 

 the conditions and with a very good chance of escaping enclosure 

 by the ice. The station lay centrally in a perfectly new region with 

 equally good access to the outer coast as to the large fjords and lakes 

 to the west. Low, undulating gneiss hills to the north and west pro- 

 tected the station to some extent from the prevailing north-west 

 winds; to the east, south and south-west it was open out over the 

 low land and out over the fjord as far as Lille- and Store- Koldewey 

 Islands. The landscape was gray and sombre, but it might well be 



' Achton Fiuis only took part in tliis wort; for a few days, liowever, joining 

 Myliiis-Eru:hsen thereafter and participating in tlie expedition into Dove Bay 

 until Vs- 



