The Fourth Trip to Eismitte, September 1930

Abstract By the middle of September, the season favorable for provisioning Eismitte was nearly over. Three trips by dogsled had delivered only part of the support needed for two men to spend the winter in the middle of Greenland. The third sled party had just returned.

Wegener had not yet seen the note from Georgi saying they would abandon Eismitte and return by hand-pulled sleds if the fourth party had not arrived with more supplies by October 20. Nor did he know that the motor sleds had failed to reach Eismitte and lay abandoned a few miles from West Station. (Table 7.1 shows the dates of the trips made to and from Eismitte.)