Field Notebook: Greenland 1987a
Page 61
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"After coffee concluded to broil camp, loaf in the mornig and go to Pastorfill. A clear sun-shine day. Aug. 12- 1897. Thursday. Near Karsuk, Set up at 5 A.M. To prepare to move camps to Pastorfill. The fog hangs low and it is noon before the sun gets through. At 7.45 A.M. are push off from shore. The four Innuit's and Dane are at the oars and at 11 A.M. are put in about 3/4 mile east of Karsuk. The distance covered is about 12 miles. On arriving at the place a Klister is soon at land. We give him a few things and in less than half an hour after his departure numerous Innuit children and women arrive. One old woman sports Mr. White and says she speake English which pleased us but before our second question is asked we discover that the knows very little of the language. Mr. White and Lange to go to Pastorfill to collect fossils and just as we are ready to go the Innuits announce that their Danish governor is coming. We go forward to meet him and to give him letters handed us by Drv. Knutzen for delivery. He speaks both English and German.