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them some provisions deposited on the journey out, afterwards con- 

 tinuing the journey to the skerries off the foreland. 



On May 9th they reached Bælgen where they met Bertelsen 

 and AcHTOK Friis. 



From May 10th to the 20th the sounds and islands between Teufel 

 Cape Island and the mainland south thereof were traversed and sur- 

 veyed. In the sound south of Teufel Cape Island they shot a bear 

 and two cubs. 



On May 20th Bistrup and Hagerup again met the artists off 

 Bælgen. 



On May 22nd they all four drove over to Hestefoden. 



May 23rd. While Hagerup Avent back to the ship on his skis 

 to fetch the dogs, if possible, Bistrup and the artists drove over to 

 a naze on the north side of Teufel Cape, in order to climb the foreland 

 from there. 



From May 24th to the 30th they lay still here owing to a snow- 

 storm. 



On May 30th Hagerup returned from the ship with the dogs. 

 The ca. 56 kilometers to the ship on skis had been extremely labor- 

 ious. Hagerup had covered the distance in 14 hours. 



On May 31st Bistrup and Hagerup climbed Teufel Cape which 

 is about 900 meters high. The ascent was very difficult owing to the 

 thick snow that had fallen during the snowstorm. 



On June 1st they started on the return journey and 



On June 3rd they all 4 came back to the ship. 



The journey had yielded excellent results in every respect. Bes- 

 sels Fjord and the regions round Teufel Cape had been surveyed and 

 carefully investigated. 



From April 20th to May 20th, 30 days in all, Bistrup and Hage- 

 rup had dragged the sledge about 230 kilometers, i. e. on an average 

 8.2 kilometers per day. Deducting the 7 resting days this is on an 

 average 10 kilometers per day. Besides this distance they had also 

 covered about 70 kilometers without sledge. 



Drag-sledge journey over Annekssø to Ymers Nunatak, 



2"/, to s /б, 1908. 



The object of the expedition was to chart Annekssø and to in- 

 vestigate if from the head of this lake they could come up on the in- 

 land ice and cross this to Dronning Louises Land. 



The members of this expedition were Freuchen, Gundahl Knud- 

 sen and Koch, the latter being the leader. 



Before the departure, as already mentioned, 1 sledge-case had 

 been deposited near Hvalrosodden and 5 sledge-cases and 40 liters of 

 petroleum near the south-eastern end of Annekssø. 



April 24th. At 1 p. m. the departure look place from Danmarks Havn. 



