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21 May Monday - Snow did (9)
not amount to anything during
night the tree still are some
fluctus in the air - slept comfortably
in my sleeping bag in the office room
thankful that I did not have to
put up with the crowded filthy gen
eral room - Paid Pidi 4/kr for accomo
modation.
Island is 1 guess (lomb)
Had two boiled steaming turbotfisher
Away at 9.30 weather improving +
snow became fine. Olaseelik yet.
To name from important source of
soapstone on the island and the igloo
Opposite (west). Olaseelik is a great
precipitous rock mass with at least
two great nearly horizontal milind
hills in it. Picturing 50m then
end of Olaseelik Island presents i-
ical cliffs 1200-1300ft high toward
south - encountered great areas
of black ice in middle of channel.
I just I we crossed one for 1/2-2
mi. to my great Refidation the
my men went into action
without hesitation or test. I was
thankful to reach Thoroughfare
on south side of the big sea.
The cold weather that prevailed
while I was at S. Upernivik
seems to have made this ford