Greenland Journal III 1916
Page 160
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Found blankets rather cold and 1/56 heavy last night, after the sleeping bag, eh. is so light with all its warmth. Out for an hour on shore east of the igloo. Inspected a tupic site well back on upper beach which had evidently been used for a whole season's residence years ago when caribou still were gotten here. Big rock fragments, which had rolled down from the cliff were taken ad- avantage of to form a wall, small stones and turf being used to stop up the openings. Perhaps the site is not so old after all, for the caribou horns used in making the food cache (?) were shed horns that we picked up and utilized on account of their convenient size and shape. Crude residences, these Estivino igloos and Tupics. Photographed (19,1-8/35) the crew hoisting a barrel of water from the brook on to the ship. Several (9) seals were seen on the ice in the southern part of the bay. After dinner Ben and Taylor went out to try to get one. They found that the seals had come up through two (or more) holes which they had been graveled (Fide H.C.P.) through the ice 7/3 of the way across from here. Captain feet in one of the holes and said it was rather thin and that the sides proved the graving. Ben shot a burgomaster gull, a handsome bird. 7 June. Wednesday. Began to snow about midnight and has snowed heavily all day. N.E. gale (8) blowing this morning, but wind lessened in strength after noon. Strong S.W. outside at 4 p.m. Temp. min. 17o; 9a.27o; 12m.32o; 4p.29o 8p.29o Wind seemed to be westerly outside, sighing from sound of surf breaking along the edge of the bay ice. A windy stormy day. Apparently the little outlets