Greenland Journal IV 1916-1917
Page 84
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I saw a small one break in two (20 through pressure from below - flotation. We could not come into North 26 August. Saturday. Star Bay on account of pan ice that had drifted in between the Unanak and Petowik during our absence, and we had to put back to Hendrik's Harbor near the tupics. 26 August. Saturday. Temp: 8 a. 36 1/2°; 12 m. 41°; 4 p. 38 1/2°; 8 p. 39°. Clear morning, with light low haze in distance. Calm all day. Sky over- cast in afternoon and evening, Bay covered with young ice in the morning, which persisted all day, but melted away in the cloudy evening. Pack ice in outer bay, which moved in considerably in afternoon.