31 August. Thursday. Temp. 8a. 35 1/2°; 12m. 3 7/8°; 4p. 34°; 8p. 30 1/2° Clear, cloudless, calm. Occasional N.W. wind, as at noon. Et & Dr., who went up the fjord with Chngnodablaho yesterday afternoon, returned about 3 p.m. Koch also came back, having a fine time, ge- ologizing and mapping. Saw the Moltke glacier calve five bergs, all of which separated from top down- ward. Et & Dr helped on two saw-hal. Jo came back Tuesday, having got- ten five furisse. Evening. Mr. Rasmussen is discouraged now over ice conditions and the great thickening amount of young ice forming in this calm spell. Dubious about 'Kap York'. Thinks we had better go to Etah earlier,