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intended later to make scientific investigations and studies in those 

 regions. At the same time ethnographical investigations were to be 

 carried on. 



The members of the sledge expedition, of which Koekoed was 

 the leader, were Hendrik Olsen and Chr. Bendix Thostrup, the 

 latter chiefly for the sake of the ethnographical investigations. 



Februarij 15th. At 10 a. ni. in .82 degrees of cold they started 

 with 3 sledges, each drawn by 9 dogs and with a load of about 200kg. 

 on each (not counting the weight of the sledges). The sledging was 

 good till they reached Cape Helgoland, but became heavy afterwards. 

 At 5 p. m. they raised the tent about 30 kilometers from the ship. 



February 16th. At 9 a. m. the journey was continued, tempera- 

 ture — 38° C, and they still had some very heavy sledging. At ö 

 p. m. they were exhausted and forced to raise the tent about 15 kilo- 

 meters north of Teufel Cape, Avhich they had in reality aimed at 

 reaching that day. 



February 17th. At 10 a. m. they set off again and reached Teufel 

 Cape after 2 hours' drive and made there the first depot. Another 

 depot was laid out on an island in Roon Bay about 7 kilometers south 

 of Teufel Cape. \l 6 p. m. the tent was raised near Cape Peschel. 



The 18th of February was spent in making ethnographical in- 

 vestigations and repairing the sledges, which had suffered damage 

 on the way. 



February 19th. At 11 a. m. they drove southwards along the 

 coast, the air being thick with snow. At 3 p. m. the tent was raised 

 a little way into Bt'ssel Fjord. 



On February 20th the weather was clear and calm with a 

 temperature of — 34° С With empty sledges they now made a re- 

 connoitring expedition into the unknown part of Bessel Fjord. 



At 2 p. m. they drove on with loaded sledges to the northern 

 and outermost rocks in the Bessel Fjord (Depotskjæret). Here the 

 last depot was laid out. The journey was now continued in the direc- 

 tion of Cape Arendts on Store Koldewey Island. .\t 6 p. m. the tent 

 was raised about 15 kilometers from land. 



On February 21st the weather was calm and cleai' but bitterly 

 cold. The mercury froze in the thermometer. 



At 9 a. m. the journey was continued. At noon they reached 

 Cape Arendts and now followed the western side of the island some 

 15 kilometers towards the north, afterwards proceeding through Træk- 

 passet to the east coast. At 5 p. m. the tent was raised; temperature 

 — 37° С 



On February 22nd at 9 a. m. they drove further north- 

 wards. They had some fairly good sledging until about 10 kilometers 

 south of the sound between the Koldewey Islands. At 6.30 p. m. 

 the tent was raised west of Røseløbet. 



