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them, by reason of the strong land
breeze that forced me to ride with
my back to the shore much of the
way from Eskblaw Glacier to Cape
York.
At Etah Dr. Weeff told me of
the hard and dangerous ice cap trip
that he and Freuchen made in trying
to go from North Star Bay to Cape York
in January, 1917. He said that they were
on the same glacier down which he
went with ease in November, 1916,
but that now it was all broken up
having advanced some 8-10 km.
Hock told me that the men must
have lost their way and tried to de-
send into Cape York Bay by the