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Wegener was busy with his meteorological, physical and magnetic 

 investigations, while the other naturalists pursued their studies as 

 far as conditions permitted. 



The hunting was constantly bad, but one day in the end of Sep- 

 tember Fritz Johansen succeeded in shooting a bear out at Ren- 

 skæret. Walrus and seals were sometimes observed in an opening 

 in the ice, which reached from the Baadskær over to Lille Koldewey 

 Island right to the end of September, but none were shot. 



From the 3rd to the 16th of October Fritz Johansen and Trolle 

 made hydrographical and zoological investigations and soundings 

 in the waters between the lines Cape Bismarck, Maroussia, Cape 

 Christian and Stormnæs, the Trip-Trap-Træsko skerries. 



For the many smaller expeditions carried out, reference should 

 be made to the '"List of the journeys made from the station in Dan- 

 marks Havn"; of these besides the above, the following may be men- 

 tioned. 



Surveying sledge journey to Helle Fjord and Teufel Cape, 



"/lo to 27io, 1907. 



The party consisted of Bistrup and Hagerup with the first- 

 mentioned as leader. 



On October 17th they started from the ship with two dog- 

 sledges and arrived the same evening at Hvalrosodden. Here they 

 deposited three sledge-cases for the station in Pustervig; on the way 

 they had deposited one at Snenæs. 



October 18th. After taking provisions for the dogs from the wal- 

 rus-meat depot, they drove on and raised their tent a little way into 

 the Helle Fjord. 



On October 19th they made a survey of the fjord. In the 

 evening their cooking apparatus "Lux" broke down ^. 



On October 20th they drove back to the ship with empti sledges 

 in order to get the cooking apparatus repaired. 



On October 21st they returned to the skerries off the Spydodde, 

 where all the goods had been deposited. 



On October 22nd they reached the S.E. point of Edwards 

 Island. The ice was not many weeks old. On approaching the island 

 they met for the first time the large stream of enormous icebergs pro- 

 jecting from the "Brede Bræ" (Broad Glacier). 



On October 23rd they drove along the southern border of 

 Edwards Island and tried to get further west and northwards. But 

 the many icebergs made the progress so difficult, that they had to 

 drive back and raise the tent on Edwards Island. 



' It seems as if the "Lux" apparatus was not always quite rehable. On the 

 other hand, the "Primus" apparatus used on the expedition of the Carlsbergfond 

 in 1898 — 1900 never broke down. 



