Field Note Book Crocker Land Expedition 1913-1915 No. 52 Greenland VI Etah to Godhaven
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28 April Saturday Very comfortable night at Bjomeloy - house of heavy plank about 10 ft sq + 6 ft high - side - slight gable - faces south. I think - built in 1905. Wooden real entrance. Early morning clear & beautiful but soon became overcast & lazy - started on mountainous at 10-40 overtaken by K about (C) muqseik) 12, am at igloo about 1 k- + had seal meat + coffee. Marku It was going to stay clear night time but looked so threatening of snow that we stayed out for an hour & listened on. Good going in the recent leahnoo-like tracks + we saw ed Eskimos soon & came into clear weather again. Climate very local - Am. at second igloo about 8k by my watch - found I hr slow & turned ahead