Field Notebook: Greenland 1987b
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Sep. 11 Saturday Baffin Land Slept better last night than in any night of the past two weeks. Fuss is running feels fine the back of the finger. Dr. Stone squirts into it with a syringe, orate on the tichloride of mercury and finally carboliced oil mix (? fluid dram) The storm continued to increase in violence during the night and we are glad that we are again in - Harbor. It must have been an ocean and over the land now right in front sea. The Porter party has not returned and we are considerably alarmed for their safety. Yesterday and today considerable coal was taken from one side of the meteoric so that ballast will have to be placed there to stop it from moving. He probably will not be able to look for the Porter party until before Tuesday. White discusses Stein's contemplated Elles- mere exploration and finally tells him "he is organizing days private funeral." White was repeatedly our Greenland formis There is moon-light at night, but let us now