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7 March, Wednesday. (214)
B, E2; B, N3; H, N24; O, N22; H, E2 Am -10.08
-12; -10; -10; -9.4; -9. Min -16.8; Max -8.
Dr. Wneff and the Eskimos left this
morning about 11 o'clock, leaving
Arktis and Akkpoordisaqsooq and
their families but taking Adwegreen
and his family - 8 Kahmstiks in all.
They went via the ice cap and rode
to the glacier with Teddingway -
visited the line of stakes and walked
a quarter mile or so farther up on the
glacier. Dr. Wneff tells me that
there are some narrow transverse
crevasses in this (Brother Johns) gla-
cier near the cap itself.
I could not tell by the unaided
eye whether the stakes had moved
during the winter or not, though
the southern one third of the line
had sagged a little westward
in its middle. The roll in
the lake ice has greatly increased
in length and the southern half
of it has been extended as well
as raised. It is now about 15 feet
in maximum height above the
level of the lake ice, the side toward
the glacier is slightly overturned
past the vertical (stoss side) and
there is a 2 ft + hollow in the lake
ice on the far (western) side. Made
a seven mile walk in all. Sum-
mmit overtook me off our river
gorge. I might have ridden all
the way down the fjord!