5 May. Friday. High, detached cirrus clouds, calm. But heavy south or S.E. wind began to blow about 5 p.m. and sou'e half gale. Max 44° Temp. min. 24°; 9a.38°; 12m.42°; 4p.42°; 8p.38° Before seven this morning Stukasuk, Knitte and Koludena came in from Unanak without having seen Peter Co on route. Koludena is going to Cape Seddon to marry Inekotok's widow, and his Kamitile is loaded down with his share of the housekeep- ing things. He even has a frame for a kyock. The men slept today and started on for Cape York via the ice cap about 6 p.m. in spite of its high wind. H.C.P. and I were planning to goven to Cape York with these men and visit the new meteorite, but gave it up on account of Peter's report that Alug- Nodalbloho and Erik were about to come northward ('in a couple of days'). We (or I at any rate) would not have cared to start over the ice cap in the face of the gale now raging. I went out alone to Broken Rock Point, 6+ miles walk. Did some photographing and took some geological notes on the Bird Cliff. Lovely spring day and I was out on my walk about five hours, en- joying it very much. Most of the time I was too warm wearing my netcha and therefore carried it on my arm. Warmth has settled the snow so that the going was very good. H.C.P. himself fired grass on cliff slope this afternoon, greatly extending area burned by the crew yesterday. Did not seem to burn into the peat, they say, and soon we'll have a fine green lawn to look at. Plenty of Kamik grass left, if they don't burn over a lot more of the grassland - I hope that they let it alone. Chief just a foot under me sided about this evening. Taylor climbed the cliff last night and saw the sun at midnight.