Greenland Journal IV 1916-1917
Page 143
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difficult going. I followed this 1/30 trail on snow shoes, but I was fully satisfied with the exercise by the time I had gone a half mile and back. Measured snow out in front as be- ing 18", 20" and 12" deep - Too light for comfortable walking even on snow shoes. Almiah had a block to this after- oon and gave an exhibition of what I suppose was a rather wild attack of this form of hysteria. Resembled a case of singing drunk. She droffed off her karnits but did not stop any further while in our house. She went out doors without her karnits. Nose says he has never seen so much snow here before at one time. at work all day on my "Foxskin" report to H.F.O. and beginning of general drift - First drafts. 11 Nov. Saturday_ C8, N17; c9, N15; 0, N16; c4, N16; 13, N3 max 19° 8a, 8.5°; 12m, 7.2°; 4h, 3.9°; 8h, 2°; 12p, 2.9 min 1.3° Extremely disagreeable day with clouds of snow driving before the strong wind. No walking out for me! Letters. Writing so many letters to home folks makes me homesick enough - gale seems to me to be stronger than is indicated by the figures given a- bove - Our individual estimates of the force of the wind vary greatly and make us long for our anemometer to be up.