92 G. Amdrup. 



in the beginning of November (full moon on 31/X), but continuous 

 snowstorms led to the one postponement after the other, and it was 

 not until November 13th, that a start was made, thus at the most 

 unfav(nirable time (new moon on 15/XI). 



The members of the expedition were: 1st party, Brønlund, 

 Mylius-Erichsen and Ring; 2nd party, Koch, G. Thostrup and 

 Wegener; altogether 6 men with 6 sledges and about 50 dogs. The 

 leader of the expedition was naturally Mylius-Erichsen. 



November 13th. Start at ca. 10 a. m.; temperature — 26° C. ; 

 calm: good, firm snow for sledging. In the afternoon the tents were 

 pitched about 20 kilometers north-east of Teufel Cape. 



November 14th. Starry clear; calm; temperature — 26° C. Drove 

 to Cape Peschel and took the provisions from the depot, then con- 

 tinued southwards along the coast. The first party, which in the 

 dark had driven far in advance of the second, pitched their tent on 

 land, having met with screw-ice between Cape Seebach and Haystack. 

 By means of a "flare" from the Primus, the second party was guided 

 into the tenting ground. 



November loth. The screw-ice round Haystack was easy enough 

 to get over but presented great difficulties to those unpractised in 

 managing dogs and sledges. South of Haystack Bronltind shot a 

 bear. The tents were raised on land just under the highest point of 

 Haystack. 



November 16th. Cbnidy with snow-drift beginning. Brønlund 

 advised against continuing, but as Koch suggested, that they might 

 perhaps reach some distance before the snow came, Mylius-Erichsen 

 gave orders for departure. 



Shortly after the start the storm began with heavy drifts of snow 

 from the land. The sledges worked along a narrow ice-foot in the 

 innermost part of Roseneath Bay. At one place it became necessary 

 to leave the land and go out on the snow-free and smooth ice, and 

 here the sledges were at the mercy of the wind with no semblance 

 of control. When Mylius-Erichsen, after a drive or slide of several 

 hundred meters, reached the screw-ice, he found that only G. Tho- 

 strup and Wegener had followed him. After making a futile attem{)t 

 to find the 3 missing sledges, he resolved to follow the screw-ice, with 

 the intention of making for land and tenting on the first opportunity. 

 Fortunately, the 3 sledges were just able to make up a tenting party 

 (1 tent sledge, 1 sledge with cooking apparatus, each man with sleep- 

 ing bag). After a great deal of hard work they at last succeeded in 

 reaching land and raising the tent and now they hoped, that the other 

 3 had kept together and might also be able to reach the tent. 



Brønlund, Koch and Ring had also found each other on the 

 edge of the screw-ice at a spot where it seemed easy to pass; they 

 worked their way, therefore, among the hummocks and ridges of the 



