200 G. Amdrip. 



di)wn on it rounding the point. We tlien had a frost-log and halted 

 in the night (towards the morning). 



May Ist 1907 (81°42' N. lat.). We woke up in clear weather and 

 started in the evening in order to round the big naze. We drove on 

 smooth ice along the shore, made good progress and soon got round the 

 naze. When we sighted the other side, we were longing very much 

 to find ice-free stretches of land. And again we saw nothing but glaciers 

 before us, which were quite low. The coast line now turned towards 

 the west ^. 



May 3rd. When one comes to a place for the first time it is not 

 very easy to find one's way; this was clearly seen in our sledging to- 

 day. When we started, we first followed the glacier-covered coast 

 line, later we got further out to sea and though the weather was quite 

 clear we went as in a fog. It was a great mirage that confused us, 

 just as if it had been a fog. 



May 4th. Beautiful weather. Our journey to-day was also very 

 fatiguing. The ice was certainly not bad but now the dogs began 

 to lose their strength, which is not to be wondered at considering 

 that they had had no rest at all. Now an ice-free land where we might 

 find game and food for the dogs would be welcome. The mainland 

 we are seeing is one single mass of glaciers. This day we turned 

 towards the south-west in order to reach some heights, but as we 

 observed that they were covered by inland ice we halted. A low land 

 north of us, which we took to be a naze, we intended to round the 

 next day. The lands to be seen north and west of us we consider to 

 be Melville Land, which we may probably reach in the course of 2 

 days; if there is only musk-oxen there — for the dogs. The ice on which 

 we drive must be very old, it looks like a frozen swell. 



May 5t.fi. A fairly flat land lying ahead caused us some trouble; 

 as it was naturally covered by ice we decided to go north of it. The 

 snow was very heavy and rtiost of the time we had to walk behind 

 the uprights: at last we reached the land, mounted it and saw now 

 distinctly the streches of land that lay before us; how we longed to 

 reach them, after seeing only glaciers and ice before us for such a long 

 time. We rounded the northern point and pitched the tent. 



May (ith. In the afternoon we started again. 



May 7th. In the forenoon I went off to get a view of a land 19 

 kilometers from the island where we had raised the tent. Arriving 

 there I first saw the tracks of a wolf which had been following the 

 shore northwards. After proceeding a little further I saw old excre- 

 ment of musk-oxen which made me almost quite happy. 



May 8th. We came to the land where I had been the day before-. 



' On the same day at 8.1.') p. m. the two parties separated, Mvlius-Erh.hsen 

 in order to go westwards and Ivoch to proceed towards Peary Land. See p. 123. 

 - Л little north of (lape Kronborg. 



