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mer, so that in the autumn the inland ice would be simply a large, 

 uneven, snow-free ice surface. 



The air up on the inland ice was generally extremely dry. Even 

 the dripping wet kamikker could be dried in a few hours and on warm 

 days they had to be dried in the shade, otherwise they became too 

 hard and stiff. 



May 23rd. The foot of the inland ice was reached at 2 a. m. and 

 the tent raised at the old tenting place. At 10.30 p. m. the journey 

 was continued. 



May 2Ш. Kulhoj was reached at 2 a. m. and the tent raised. 

 The day was used in making natural history investigations. 



From the 25tk to the 31st of May the party worked their way 

 through Anneksso. During the 12 days they had been up on the in- 

 land ice the snow had melted a great deal. This in conjunction with 

 snow, fog and storm made this part of the journey difficult, at times 

 exceedingly laborious. At places the men had to toil through the 

 snow up to their knees and the advance was thus very slow. The 

 sledge often cut so deep down, that it could hardly be dragged for- 

 ward. The way was so difficult indeed, that the party could only 

 work 10 minutes at a time, then rest 5 minutes and so on. 



On May 31st Anneksso was left behind at 2.30 a. m. and the tent 

 raised at Sælsø at 8 a. m. 



On June 1st the party camped about 3 kilometers north of Tre- 

 kroner. 



On June 2nd Gundahl Knudsen and Koch made an excursion 

 on foot across the land over towards Skærfjord, while Freuchen, 

 who was snow-blind, remained at the tent. The goal of the journey 

 was a hill-top 300 meters high, west of a lake about 4 kilometers long,, 

 from which they had a good view over Skærfjord. The whole excur- 

 sion lasted 13 hours. 



On June 3rd the homeward journey was continued. 



In the morning of June 5th the party camped about midway 

 over Storm Bay and were fetched in the afternoon by sledge. 



Like the previous drag-sledge journey to the inland ice, it had 

 been an extremely interesting and fruitful journey. The nature of 

 the inland ice became better known. The scientific booty was con- 

 siderable and Koch added one more successful and interesting journey 

 to his achievements in arctic regions. 



Sledge journey to the bay off Brede Glacier, 



"/б to 21/3, 1908. 

 The main object of the journey was to make survey measure- 

 ments in the waters south of Helle Fjord land and in the bay off Brede 

 Glacier. 



