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tents, sleeping-bags, weapons and ammunition, in short all things 

 for arctic equipment, Ьал^е become lighter and simpler and we have 

 learnt from the Eskimo to let dogs drag the sledge instead of doing 

 so ourselves. Finally, experience has taught us, that during a sledge 

 journey alcohol used daily is very injurious, to say nothing of the 

 weight, whereas it may be used exceptionally ^\^th advantage as a 

 stimulus. 



Thanks to all these improvements and changes the polar explorer 

 has proceeded on his victorious career through arctic and antarctic 

 regions. 



When w^e consider the difficulties under Avhich they had to work, 

 the chart drawn up by the Germans was very creditable, but it needed 

 of course much correction and improvement. The best idea of the 

 immense work carried out by the Danmark Expedition in these re- 

 gions, is obtained by comparison of the Danmark Expedition's chart 

 of this region with that of the Germans i. 



On May 8th Lindhard, Chr. В. Thostrup and Weinschenck 

 returned to the ship. 



The second party starting on the 6th of May consisted of Peter 

 Hansen, Charles Poulsen and Trolle. With a drag-sledge they 

 proceeded to the small island Maroussia, where the tent was raised. 

 From this place they made excursions for hydrographical purposes 

 and carried on hunting. On the top of the island they had an excel- 

 lent ^aew over the sea-ice and Trolle therefore had a constant watch 

 up there on the look out for bears. 



Their watchfulness was rewarded; Peter Hansen during his 

 watch caught sight of a bear and he and Manniche succeeded in 

 shooting it. The latter had joined the party at Maroussia in order 

 to make ornithological observations. The bear was brought to the 

 ship and skinned. 



It was on the same day, May 9th, that Hendrik Olsen returned 

 from his sledge journey northwards to lay out depots (see p. 150), also 

 with a bear, so now again they had some dog food. 



On May 13th Trolle returned to the ship with good hydro- 

 graphical results, He left the tent out at Maroussia, because he in- 

 tended as often as possible to have a party out there to hunt game 

 and look out for bears. From the 13th to the 21st of May the tent, 

 which on the 18th had been moved to Rendyrskæret, was used in 

 turn by Hans Jensen, Jarner, Koefoed, Hendrik Olsen and 

 Weinschenck and on the 22nd Hans Jensen and Koefoed had 

 the good fortune to shoot another bear. It was skinned and trans- 

 ported to the ship. 



^ See Meddelelser om Gronland, Bd. XLVI, No. 2, Plates II, 111 and V and 

 Die zweite Deutsche Nordpolarfahrt in den Jahren 1869 und 1870 unter Führung 

 des Kapitän Kahl Koldewey. p. 469. Leipzig 1873. 



