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The Danmark Expedition was at an end. 



The plan, which the leader, Mylius-Erichsen, had drawn up 

 and on which he had лvorked wdth burning enthusiasm and untiring 

 energy, had now been carried into hfe. 



The main object of the Expedition, the exploration and survey 

 of the extensive north-east coast, until then completely unknown, 

 had been achieved under circumstances which called forth a wonderful 

 display of courage and energy, and a large scientific material had 

 been brought home from the whole of the length and breadth of the 

 wide region traversed by the Expedition. 



The achievement of the main object had already been brought 

 considerably nearer, when Trolle assisted by Ring and all onboard 

 succeeded in steering the ship into a harbour so far north as Cape 

 Bismarck. 



But it was Mylius-Erichsen, Høeg Hagen and Jørgen Brøn- 

 LUND, along лл -ith Koch, Bertelsen and Tobias Gabrielsen, who 

 set the crown upon the work, towards which each member of the Ex- 

 pedition had contributed his share of prolonged and willing labour. 



It was Koch and Tobias Gabrielsen, further, who found and 

 saved the great and splendid results, which Mylius-Erichsen and 

 his companions had achieved, but which they themselves did not 

 manage to bring home. 



For the leader, the energetic and imtiring Mylius-Erichsen, 

 and his two faithful companions, the loyal, capable and friendly Høeg 

 Hagen and the heroic Jørgen Brønlund had devoted their lives 

 to reach the goal, the Expedition had set itself. With extraordinary 

 hardihood and indomitable energy they had fought their way onward 

 and successfully planted the Dannebrog on the farthest point. But 

 the fruits of victory were denied them; one by one they succumbed 

 on their way southwards, struggling under the most desperate con- 

 ditions to bring back to the world knowledge of the results they had 

 achieved. 



As heroes they have fallen on the field of honour and given a 

 brilliant example of courage, bravery and energy. 



All honour to their memory ! 



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