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I feel that Bradford, Stokes (33
and other artists were justified
in the color schemes that they
have used in depicting Arctic
Sunsets. When we reached the
“Cluett” the sun was well down
behind the mountains, but the
waning moon was hanging mid-
way over a deep valley cutting the
cliffs near the village. I thought
that it was the new moon, until
I realized that the crescent shape
faced the wrong way and was
on the wrong side of the sun for
that phase of the orb.
The weather continuing to be
perfectly calm, so that it was
useless to try to sail, I took the
day
launch the following and, with
the inspector, the governor and