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12:VIII 9c.30-3 8/25 North Star Bay from
point near house. Very cloudy.
13.VIII - 30-4 8/30 Knud Rasmussen standing
beside his house at Thule, North Star Bay.
30.5+6 8/50 The Eskimo dog "Saint Peter"
25 Aug. Went to head of Mofenholme Sound
in the motorboat "Niger Lis". Moltke
Glacier (vide Rasmussen) has advanced
greatly in past three years - judging from
point which he pointed indicated
as its front in 1913, I should think
the advance to be -- more than a mile.
Low promontory near head of
fjord, south side, is gray gneiss.
Fine old stone igloo - all stone even
in roof, no wood. Last occupied
by Esk. in winter 1907-8 (or 06-07?)
15.VIII. 9c.32-1 Wo/50 Fitzclarence Rock,
Booth Sound, from N.W. at 8:45 p.m.
Basalt cap on sedimentaries - a cy-
linder standing on a regular cone.
16.VIII
9c.32-2 4/50 Narsak. Ca 9 a.m. - Three
^ Eskimos in kayaks - Kuslutoik (= Kood-look,
to of Peary + MacMillan) Kakatak and
Inniak (son of Kolutingmak).