Greenland 1915 1 Record of Photographs
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92 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