Field Notebook: Greenland 1987b
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"I told the ship all the women women are sick and crying. See fn later page" injections. He now says he will do no more cutting or pressing but I do not trust him. From the whole he seems cruel to me. again I am in bed most of the day, The ship came smoothly and is making good head way with favourable winds. Lieut Dean wanted to stop at Helsingborg but on finding out that the passengers preferred to go on and made use of the good weather he changed his plans. Sep. 8 Wednesday Davis Straite. I slept little last night due to my continued lying ahead. This morning my finger is cleaned. It is giving out considerable pain, and quite fully without pain. The day is a clear one with the wind favourable. The latter fresher during the day and by evening the ship rolls again quite badly, many of the dishes are broken, the stove in tectin tumbles about as much as the loose things about the forecastle. There is no sleep for anyone tonight. Most are on