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stitute violations of the contract.
Off Cape Athol we met Peter
Jensen, Danish manager at Umanak
of Rasmussens Knud Rasmussen's
Committee with which the Museum has
most cordial relations, in his kerosene
power-boat the "Ingerlis", towing
Rasmussen's chartered schooner the
"Cape York" out of North Star Bay to
start on her way southward. Mr.
Jensen offered to take me on to Etah
to get those of the Crocker Land party
who were to return and bring back
a supply of gasoline for the
"George B. Cluett", her supply of that
material having been entirely made -
quate to begin with and being now
almost exhausted. I accepted his
offer, put the Crocker Land mail and
a few other things on board the
"Ingerlis" and we started north-
ward at 3:30 p.m. in calm weather.
The "George B. Cluett" was to follow
us, if the wind should be favorable
in seasons, but four days of calm
weather and light winds supervened
and all that she could do was to
work her way to the head of North Star
Bay, where she anchored off Ume-
nak on 14 September, and she