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heavy and bad sledging they reached a httle south of Haystack. For 

 G. Thostrup ^\"ith his bad feet these days were specially fatiguing 

 and painful. With empty sledges the two Greenlanders now drove 

 to Haystack and fetched one of the two sledge-cases deposited there, 

 for the provisions were on the point of running short. 



On January 11th they had a rest, nf which men as well as dogs 

 were badly in need. 



On January 12th they only drove to the depot at Haystack, as a 

 Ьеал-л" gale and thickening air threatened bad weather which soon 

 afterwards set in. 



From the 12th to the lljth of January it was almost constantly 

 blowing hard often with a heavy fall of snow, so that it was quite 

 impossible to proceed. One of the dogs froze to death during these 

 days. 



On January 16th the weather at last began to improve and at 

 noon they started northwards. 



January 17th. In the beginning the sledging was good and 

 they proceeded quickly, but a little north of Haystack they again 

 met with quantities of soft snow which forced them to proceed slowly. 

 After 15 hours' driA*e, during which they only covered about 30 kilo- 

 meters, the tent was pitched in the lea of an ice-hummock on the 

 northern side of Bessel Fjord. On the way they had been obliged 

 to shoot a dog, which was quite worn out. This was the 3rd dog they 

 lost during this journey. 



On January ISth they had some fairly good sledging, but 

 in the neighbourhood of Cape Peschel they were obhged to stop and 

 raise the tent, the wind having risen and the air so full of snow that 

 they could not see their hand before them. 



On January 19th the journey was continued across Roon 

 Bay where the air was thick with snow. They sighted Teufel Cape 

 however and steered right do^^^l on Cape Helgoland. Some 15 kilo- 

 meters from Teufel Cape the tent was raised. They now had рголп- 

 sions and dog-food for 4 days only. 



January 20th. In the course of the night quantities of snow fell 

 and all day long it was blo\Ning hard and snowing, so that the party 

 were obhged to stay where they were. 



On January 21st the snow ceased but as the air was still hazy, 

 they were forced to lie still this day also. 



On January 22nd they were again able to proceed and 



On January 23rd at 10 p. m. they at last reached the ship 

 after 60 days' absence. All the provisions and dog-food had been 

 used up, so that it was high time they returned. Between Cape Helgo- 

 land and Baadskær there had been at some places much water on 

 the ice, the result of which was that He.xdrik Olsen got some slight 

 frost-bites on his I'eel, but now he as well as G. Thostrup could come 



