Greenland Journal IV 1916-1917
Page 199
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notice any difference in his C86 own pulse from what it is at home. Nor does Captain Connor. 4 February. Sunday 13, E9; 13, E8; 13, E5; 13, E7? 13, N62 Ice 52" -10; -10; -5; -3; -6. Min -10; Max -1 My midday walk was about 1 1/2 miles long, and very laborious, the wind being strong than on any day when I have been out before. I kept near the north shore intending to go across the fjord fur- th-er up to Dog Island. But the gale roared so fiercely out in the middle of the fjord that I gave up the project. When I was leaning up against a gust of wind, its force suddenly lessened and my feet slipped out from under me, and I fell. Before I could get up again a still stronger gust struck me and blew me along prostrate as I was on the ice for 35 feet before a snow- stopped my progress and allowed me to rise. When the squall had passed I measured the distance over which I had been blown on the ice. I got back to the house a few minutes before Sammit, Kah-we-alk-prag and Kah-da started up the fjord with Mac's team rab- b-bit hunting. In about a half hour they were back, both the former lads having been blown down on the ice. Some wind! "Regular Etah weather," Mac says.