Field Note Book Crocker Land Expedition 1913-1915 No. 52 Greenland VI Etah to Godhaven
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along the extensive shoals east end of Disco Island - saw mine Flamingo on the journey. Crossed the bay on the sea ice and came to an empty igloo at 10-30 p.m. Snow now seem a [illegible] feet deep here since it covered iglos com- pletely leaving only the stove pipe stick- ing with mark locations. My boys dug out door way and went into house, but came out saying that it was "no good". Lighted mails primus had coffee and start- ed in all from overland. A pretty good crest had now formed on the soft snow I went along south side of island sometimes in the land and sometimes on the sea. Reached Stansen at just 5 a.m. Y. 28 May, Monday after a rather stormy but not un- interesting journey of 18 hours - Guss- lev, [illegible], is factor here + his wife is sister to We We. They were much in- terested of course to get news from itah. The trip from [[Jeragsagput had not been without incident additional to oo- took & bids. Ize is getting treacherous now. Giving a crack, Stansen's sledge broke the case which it struck and let its near go down 15 inches into the water, but my tin box probably pro- jected its contents + Stansen did not get wet. While crossing the [illegible]