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The sledges had gradually become very damaged, especially the 

 sledge-straps. (The dogs had eaten almost all the skin-straps; even 

 the lashings of spun-yarn and marling had not been spared). The 

 sledges were therefore very limp and often collapsed. 



June Sth. At the 80°43' depot Koch deposited 5 days rations 

 of bear and walrus-meat for 3 teams and 1 box of dog pemmican ^ 

 (3 teams for 2 days) and one box of grease (3 teams for 1 day). 



Here Koch again left a letter for Myltus-Erichsen. 



Bertelsen and Tobias had now again become snowblind, Tobias 

 however only slightly. 



Departure at 5.40 a. m. Fog. From 11 a. m. drifting snow. 

 Pitched the tent on the ice at 11.30 a. m. Odometer distance 30 kilo- 

 meters. Departure at 11.45 p. m. 



June 9th. From Eskimo Naze they took with them a number 

 of fossils deposited there by Wegener. Stopped at 8.45 a. m. Odo- 

 meter distance 40 kilometers. Departure at 11.10 p. m. 



June 10th. From Nordost Runding to Mallemukfjæld the 

 2nd party had proceeded along open water of indeterminable extent, 

 which now reached close to the land. The passage round Mallemuk- 

 fjæld was difficult and scarcely free of danger. The ice foot had been 

 washed away and they were therefore obliged to proceed on a sloping 

 snow-field ending in a ca. 30 m. high, snow declivity down to the sea. 

 Here Tobias drove all 3 sledges. 



The ice in the bay south of Mallemukfjæld had broken up at many 

 places and Koch might have gone adrift had he followed the same 

 route as on the outward journey. He kept close to the land therefore, 

 driAing through some very troublesome screw-ice, where Koch's 

 sledge collapsed and the odometer broke. 



At 9.30 the tent was raised at the depot ,where they found the 

 meat of 3 bears (besides a ham of a fourth) which G. Thostrup and 

 Wegener had shot. The provisions at the depot were left untouched. 



June 11th. Bertelsen and Tobias were now better from the 

 snow blindness. After depositing a letter for Mylius-Erichsen, 

 the 2nd party started at 5.15 a. m. with provisions and dog food for 

 5 or 6 days. Loose newly fallen snow, heavy sledging. Pitched the 

 tent at 1.30 p. m. Odometer distance 31 kilometers. 



June 12th. Departure at 1.30 a. m. Fog, loose and thick snow 

 which protected the sledges in the screw-ice, so that they suffered 

 no damage. Raised the tent at 10.30 a. m. Odometer distance 35 

 kilometers. 



June 13th. Departure at 12.40 a. m. Easy sledging during the 

 first 50 kilometers, later on bad sledging. Koch's sledge collapsed. 

 Pitched the tent at 3 p. m. at the depot on Lamberts Land. Odo- 

 meter distance 71 kilometers. 



' 1 box of dog pimimican = ca. 2ti kg. 1 box ot grease = ca. lö kg. 



