Greenland Journal IV 1916-1917
Page 203
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9 February Friday (190 B, N3; B, N5; B, N2; B, N4; B, N2 3 -14; -15; -13; -12; -7.3 min -16.1; max -6.9 Myaq and his family plus Anahdoo, Tatiaq and his family, Innutoq and Pooadloonaa, five kamutiks, got away for the south this morn- ing vid the ice cap. Their dogs were corny looking objects for lack of food. Painikping and Ahtooksoongua went up to the head of the fjord to hunt rabbits and get moss for stove wicking and I rode up with them. The wind was almost ahead and was very keen. I walked on across the flats and the lake to the front of the glacier, where I examined the roll of lake ice which has been formed by pressure from the mov- ing of the glacier since we were there late in October. This roll is in front of the northern one-half of the end of the glacier and is 9 or 10 feet high at its highest point. Mac has seen it larger than it is now and in the form of an open arch which he and others entered. Then I followed the Kommutikes' tracks along the south side valley of the glacier and overtook [illegible] Myaq and Pooadloonaa getting this party up to the top of the glacier where Mac and I and