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Eteck
May 5
1917
North Greenland
hour
let tide
the morning low tide fell at 5 feet.20
foot
handlet
wind
force
cloud
7
8
20
SW
4
10
hugy
8
10.
08
S
4
10
holy
9
11
67
SE
4
10
high
10
12
30
SE
2
10
snow
X 11
12
05
SE
1
10
morn
12 noon
10
65
SE
4
10
snow
1
8
55
S
4
10
morn
2
6
25
S
5
10
morn
3
4
43
SW
7
10
morn
4
3
65
SW
8
10
morn
X X 5
4
05
SW
8
10
morn
6
5
63
SW
7
10
morn
7
7
95
SW
5
10
snow
8
10
55
SW
8
10
snow
9
12
85
SW
8
10
snow
10
14
25
SW
8
10
snow
11
14
45
SW
7
10
snow
X X 12
13
50
SE
7
10
snow
+ high tide at 10.15
standing on 12.37 mark
* low water at 4 20 pm
standing on 3.57 mark
while watching the tide gauge at
4pm the marker would go back
and forth an inch showing the
effects of a swell though the ice
is 6 feet thick and the edge
of the ice must be at least
3 miles away perhaps more
high tide at about 10.45
standing 14.47 mark