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August 20 21
After bringing these back, we took Carroll &
Fred out for a shot. They got one cow. We got
back about 3:30 P.M. and went to the glacier
at the head of the bay for water.
Thursday Aug 21-9'13.
3 W gale during the night. Joe and I were
sleeping in the motor and were awakened four
times and forced to get up during the night &
clean our lines. We were tied up stern to with
our whale boat & two of the ship's boats.
It was awfully hard and chilly work coming
out of a warm sleeping bay.
At 5:00 A.M. a large ice berg came
and failed us carrying the three inshore.
We saved ourselves by getting out an anchor
which was slipped when we got the engine
started.
Murphy, Eb & I went over to the Top
of Cape Behren. It was a beautiful sunshiny
day and the country easy. Point Kane
Bassin seemed choked with ice. We reported
unfavorably. However one lane seemed
a possible way towards getting a boat at
the Sth side. As a result we got under way at
4:00 P.M. and stood towards Cape Behren,
towing the motor boat. About half way
we met heavy ice & were forced to tie up to a