[Journal of the Crocker Land Expedition "Q"], 1913-1914
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110 Sat Mar 7-14. Mac organized a hunting party to go after the wolf this morning. Green, jot, and I- tookashu went north towards Sunrise Point, and Mac, Ek, Peewahs and I went out to the islands where he has been eating. Mac and I went on the south sides of the islands and Ek and the eskimos men to cover the north sides. While Mac and I were beating the islands Ek saw the wolf which had come off the island and started north. It ran towards Sunrise Point and jot and the others there were waiting for a shot but it got their scent and turned and ran up the fjord towards the glacier. Ek and Peewahs both had two long distance shots at it but the hunt was given up on account of the high north wind which sprang up and besides making walking dif- ficult obscured vision by blowing the snow. However, we are glad to see the wind come again for we want the snow blown off the ice so sledg- ing will not be so hard when the expedition starts. Last night six komatiks came up