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from Eskimo models, and 100 dogs were brought from 
West Greenland. A motor carriage was also taken. 
Erichsen was chief of the expedition, and Lieut. Trolle 
of the Royal Danish Navy ■ second in command and 
captain of the ship. The cartographer was Lieut. Hoeg 
Hagen of the Danish Army, and Lieut. Johan Peter 
Koch of the General Staff of the Danish Army, who had 
done excellent surveying and cartographic work in the 
Amdrup expedition as well as in Iceland, and who had 
experience as a seaman, having qualified as master of 
small ships, was the surveyor. The geologist was Jarner, 
Johansen marine zoologist, Lindhard surgeon, Lundager 
botanist, Manniche ornithologist, Wegener meteorologist 
and physicist. The first mate was Lieut. Bistrup of the 
Royal Danish Navy, the second and third mates Christian 
and Gustav Trostrup, two artists Bertelsen and Frus 
went as engineers, and such was the enthusiasm felt 
for the expedition that two university students, Freuchen 1 
aged 20 and Hagerup a Norwegian, volunteered as 
stokers, as well as Knudsen who was carpenter of the 
ship. An ice pilot, Karl Ring, a steward, and four 
seamen completed the complement. In addition there 
were the three Eskimo dog drivers Bronlund (who had 
been a curate at Jacobhavn), Tobias Gabrielsen, and 
Olsen from Ritenbenk — 27 all told. 
The expedition, which was known as the Danmark 
Expedition, left Copenhagen on the 24th June, 1906, 
and after a long struggle with the ice the Danmark 
was off Koldewey Island on the 13th August. Proceed- 
ing northwards a large depot was landed at Cape Marie 
Valdemar, Winter quarters were established near Cape 
Bismarck in Lat. 76 0 46' N., Long. 18 0 37' W., in a 
sheltered bay which was named Danmark Havn. The 
explorers were thus on the very threshold of an undis- 
covered region. During the following two years constant 
journeys were made for various scientific purposes, for 
laying out depots, surveying, collecting specimens, etc. 
The neighbourhood of Cape Bismarck was thus most 
thoroughly explored and surveyed. 
1 Freuchen, who came from Nykjjzfbing on the island of Falster, went 
on a voyage to West Greenland as a stoker in order to obtain preliminary 
training. 
