[Journal of the Crocker Land Expedition "Q"], 1913-1914
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and shovel. Mon Sept 1. 13. Today we finished the foundation work and began laying the floor timbers. After work at ten p.m. I went up to the top of the big hill Southeast of the camp and looked over the country to see what the prospects for an aerial were, - and found that prospects were very poor. There are no steep hills around, and the hill on which I was standing was too far away to be of any service even if it had been steep enough. Hal shot a rabbit and we had rabbit-stew for dinner today. We're hungry mortals these days and eat heartily. Tue Sept 2-13. The floor is laid and walls are nearing completion. I went to the point today with some Eskimoes and brought over a load of electrical machinery, some of which needed to be put in the house before the walls were