Field note book[s], Crocker Land Expedition, 1913-1915
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Bearing of Head at 6 P.M. 294° Cafe Monday Thursday 223°30' Cafe South West 205° Direction Craft Line 191° at 6h 30m PM Head 292 Cafe Monday Thursday 213 Cafe South West. 201 We are within 300 yds of furthest east end of Ireland Finish at 9-45 Squre +3 Bar 29.63 We travelled an hour and ten minutes before turning for the bear and 7 hours and 22 minutes after seeing and calling him up, a total of 8 hours and 32 minutes. Twenty- eights miles is an estimate of what we have walked. I did today what I declared a week ago I would never do again, filled my egg shell full of meat before a march. They could hardly waddle, they were so round.