Report on the Danmark expedition to the nortli-east coast^ 221 



were луг111еп. Høeg Hagen in anj^ case was accustomed always to 

 keep a very detailed account of the days' journeys. We know further, 

 that when Mylius-Erichsen's party met Koch's party at Cape Rigs- 

 dagen on May 27th, Hoeg Hagex showed Koch his journal con- 

 taining sketches of the interior of Danmarks Fjord (see p. 131). It was 

 from the drawings in this journal, that Hagex drew his chart-sketches. 



Had Hoeg Hagen taken his diary and sketch book with him, we 

 may be sure, that Jørgen Beønlund would also have had these as 

 Avell as the chart-sketches; everything indicates, namely, that right 

 to the very last, even when they knew death was approaching, they 

 were full of the thought, that the results of their journey at least must 

 be saved. 



But it is perhaps just in this heroic effort to save the results of 

 their journey, that we may find the explanation why none of the 

 diaries were found \Aitli Jørgen Bkønlund's body. 



When they were forced by circumstances to ascend the inland 

 ice, they have probably foreseen the possibility, that they would never 

 succeed in getting down again. Before they ascended therefore, they 

 Ьал^е presumably deposited their diaries and sketch-books in the belief, 

 that these would be found by the relief expedition from the ship and 

 that the results of their journey would be saved in this way. 



But they took with them the chart-sketches of Høeg Hagen. 

 If they should reach the ship, contrary to their expectation, or if their 

 bodies were found, Jørgen Brønlund's diary and the chart-sketches 

 would be sufficient to show the main lines of their journey and its 

 results, though naturally Hoeg Hagen's diary and sketch books must 

 be considered as the true original documents. 



It is very probable, therefore, that these important documents 

 were deposited at Antarctic Bay or in the neighbourhood about there. 



Let us hope they may be found at some time and brought home. 



Remarks on the chart-sketches and sketches of 

 Høeg Hagen Ч 



All the chart-sketches planned and drawn by Hoeg Hagen, 

 which were found by Jørgen Brønlund's body, are reproduced here 

 on Plates IV to IX. 



PI. IV is a very carefully drawn contour outline of the new land 

 A'isited. 



PI. V shows the same, but is less carefully worked. The con- 

 tours of the hills etc. were also drawn in on this. 



According to Hagen's sketches and Koch's survey measurements 



» The chart-sketchfs and sketches have been presented to (hr \nr<^c Royal 

 Library in Copenhagen. 



