[Journal], 1915-1916
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610 like that of most of this bay has narrow, uneven ice foot. He found a small garnet in the chloritic mica schist. We saw fine large blue fox on tales slope. He stopped running from us to dig in the snow, probably at one of his caches. The foxes cache birds, mostly auklets, in the summer for winter use. 13 February. Sunday. Overcast + somewhat thick a.m. Moderate S. Wind Temp. min -3°; 9a. -3°; 3p. -8° Last evening the difference between the wind at the ship and that on the ice cap was shown with particular distinctness, the clouds driving northward over the cap while the wind at the ship was keen from N.E. Air rolls down the glaciers and out through the fjord. Wind is deflect- ed from its true course by the steep, high cliffs. Wind continued so strong during the day that I stayed on board by Dr. Hunt's advice Worked on report to H.F.O.