8 about 2 p.m. Mac negotiated with eskimos and as a result loaded two families aboard. Sailed for Etok 4 p.m. Met whale-boat full of eskimos from Etok. Took them in tow. We are towing Mac's power-boat and punt astern. making good time, open water. August 19th Tuesday. Green, Small, & Hunt in power-boat got a walrus this a.m. Ship start for Flagler Bay about 9.00 A.M. After running about an hour meet solid ice pack coming down from Kane Basin, and had to turn back to Etok. In afternoon bunch of us went rabbit-hunting and got 16. August 20th Wednesday. Green and Small in power boat got two walrus and a baby walrus this a.m. In afternoon bunch visited Brother Johns Glacier. August 21st Thursday First Snow last night. This morning Hunt, Green, Small, Ekblaw, Jan- uary, Murphy- second mate, and I climbed over to Cape Oklen to look at the ice conditions around Cape Sabine. Green and Ch made sketches of ice and leads. We reached ship at two p.m. Got fresh water from stream mer ship & sailed from Etok at 3.45 p.m. Ran along edge of ice pack till 7 p.m.