WHEN the "Report on the Danmark Expedition to the north-east coast 

 of Greenland 1906 — 1908", pubhshed in the present volume, was 

 written, Captain Ejxar Mikkelsen had not yet returned from his Ex- 

 pedition to the north-east coast of Greenland and it was not known, 

 therefore, that Mylius-Erichsen and his companions had made one 

 more, great and interesting, geographical discovery in addition to the 

 many others apparent from Høeg-Hagen's sketches. Thanks to Ejnar 

 Mikkelsen, this discovery is now made known to the world. 



The object of Mikkelsen's Expedition, as is well-known, was to 

 find if possible the diaries and papers, which Mylius-Erichsen and 

 Hoeg-Hagen were believed to have deposited at some place or other 

 on the coast (see p. 220), as also to clear up the question, whether the 

 Peary Channel cut through the whole of Greenland or was only a fjord. 

 At the same time scientific investigations were to be carried out to the 

 greatest possible extent. 



This is not the place to give an account of Mikkelsen's Expedi- 

 tion, which lasted more than three years and was carried out according 

 to plan with unique, almost incredible energy. It may only be men- 

 tioned, that from March 3rd to November 25th 1910 Mikkelsen under- 

 took a sledge-journey from the winter quarters on Shannon Island over 

 Dove Bay to Brede Glacier, from there over the inland ice to the head 

 of Danmarks Fjord, through the whole of this Fjord, north round Kron- 

 prins Christians Land and home again to Shannon Island along the 

 outer coast. 



In Danmarks Fjord Mikkelsen found two reports written by 

 Mylius-Erichsen. The first was found in a cairn on Sjællands Slette 

 (see PL II) and runs as follows: 



Danmarks Fjord ca. 81°25' N. lat., 12th September 1907. 



Hagen, Brønlund and the undersigned — all well — leave to-day 

 this place, called "'Ulvebakkerne", with 1 sledge and 7 dogs, to begin 

 the return journey to the ship on the new ice, which has to-day at last 

 become safe. Since we left our summer camp, about 44 miles from 

 here, on August 8th, we have been obliged to kill 7 dogs as food for 

 ourselves and the I'cmainiiig dogs, while we were 15 days out on the 



