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heavy with loose dry snow, in which the wood runners slipped almost 

 as if in sand. All 4 men had to use all their strength the whole time. 



April lath. A little way from the Cape Amélie depot the 1st 

 and 2nd parties met Chr. Bendix Thostrup's party on the way back 

 to their tent, from which they intended driving to the depot at Cape 

 Marie Valdemar. 



At the Cape Amélie depot the 1st and 2nd parties separated. 

 In the same evening the 1st party started again towards the north, 

 while the 2nd party stayed one more day, Lundager wishing to make 

 botanical investigations and Achton Friis to paint some sketches. 



April 16th. Shortly after midnight the 1st party started north- 

 wards alone, while the 2nd party remained at Cape Amélie. On this 

 day the sledging was good, but unfortunately Hagerup had some 

 pain in his knee which troubled him greatly. Towards the evening 

 the tent was pitched near one of the skerries off Cape Louise. 



April nth. At 2 a. m. Lundager's party passed the tent-place 

 and at 6 a. m. Trolle started again. Off Orleans Sound and along 

 the rocks further north the sledging was again mostly heavy. When 

 they drove close in under the land, however, it became somewhat 

 better. Here the snow had drifted together. About 9 a. m. Lund- 

 ager's tent was passed and in the afternoon the Bjørneskær depot 

 was reached: here a box of dog pemmican was deposited. The tent 

 was raised oil the point north of Bjørneskærene. 



April 18th. At 6 a. m. Lundager's party passed the tent-place 

 and at ca. 8 a. m. the 1st party started again. Trolle let the tent 

 stand, intending to return directly to this place as soon as the pro- 

 visions for the depots had been unloaded on Hagens Island. They 

 had not proceeded very far, however, before Hagerup was obliged 

 to return to the tent on account of his bad leg. Trolle, Peter Han- 

 sen and Hendrik Olsen now dragged the sledge further in spite 

 of very heavy sledging with loose and deep snow. At noon they 

 passed Lundager's tent and continued the journey, following the 

 still visible tracks of the northbound party, partly covered by newly 

 fallen snow. The sledging was extremely heavy, their feet constantly 

 sank deep down into the snow and it was a most tiring and laborious 

 march. Moreover, Trolle also had a sore knee. But he mastered 

 the pain and continued the journey. 



At last they reached the depot on Hagens Island. The provi- 

 sions were deposited and after a short rest they began the return jour- 

 ney with the empty sledge. At ca. 6.30 p. m. they reached the 2nd 

 party's tent where the tired travellers were revived by a plateful of 

 warm pemmican. 



Extremely tired and exhausted they finally rv;i<hed their own 

 tent at midnight. 



April 10th. Л fairly stiff wind was l)li>wing. so Trollk did not 



