Report on the Danmark expedition to the north-east coast. 



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1st party 



Depot in 



Danmarks 



Fjord 



Depot on 

 Princess 

 Dagmars 



Peninsula i 



Depot at' 



Sl°30' 



i 



In all 



Rema 



Provisions !: 5 days 

 Dog food. . ; 5 — 

 Petroleum, i; 6 meals 



2 days 



2 ^ 

 9 meals 



days 



2 



meals 



!l— 2 days 

 2 — 

 I 6 meals 



8—9 days 



11 — 



21 meals 



The disproportion between' tlie 

 provisions and the dog .food is 

 only apparent, because a great 

 deal of the dog food consisted 

 of musk-ox meat. 



2nd party 

 (all on the sledges) 



Provisions 10 days 



Dog food 11 days 



Petroleum 30 meals 



It was estimated, that these stores would last till they reached 

 tlie depot at 80°43' (Amdrups Land) and the petroleum till they came 

 to Mallemukfjæld. In addition to the ca. 320 kilometers to Amdrups 

 Land, the 1st party had to make a two days' journey towards the 

 west and again two days back to Danmarks Fjord. 



The estimated supplies, which however are not quite reliable as 

 to the 1st "party but must nevertheless be considered as fairly cor- 

 rect, give at once the impression, that the 2nd party were the more 

 favourably placed. It must bé remembered, however, that of the 

 2nd party two were ill, as also that all the provisions etc. had to be 

 carried on the sledges and they had only 20 dogs (the 1st party had 23). 



3c. The return journey of the 2nd party'. 



As already mentioned the 1st and 2nd party separated on May 

 28th at 7 p. m. 



On the 29th of May the 2nd party stopped close to the south of 

 Princess Thyra Island, where the tent was pitched. Odometer dis- 

 tance 50 kilometers. Departure at 6.30 p. m. Heavy sledging, snow 

 and drift. 



May 30th. Raised the tent at 3.30 p. m. Odometer distance 

 35 kilometers. 



On May 31st they were held up by a snow-storm. To make some 

 change in the food, they tried to eat dog pemmican; but the taste 

 was too much for them. They had more success with the grease, of 

 which they gradually consumed about 5 kg. The dogs were given 

 musk-ox meat instead. 



On June 1st the weather improved. Departure at 6 p. m. Thick 

 haze, new snow and heavy sledging. 



1 In the following, the short, concise style of Koch and Bertelsen in their of- 

 ficial report has been used to the greatest possible extent. 



