Field note book[s], Crocker Land Expedition, 1913-1915
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was over it was cloudy and blowing from the north. We left camp at 10-25 and held our course nearly direct for Cape South West which did not seem very far away. During the day the wind changed to south-east and began to blow. Fortunately the Cape remained visible toward which we held our course for eleven and a half hours. It is our second longest march, at least 35 miles. It is good to get back again under the high cliffs, to sleep just on a real land. Chat to the west around whose shores we have been travelling for three weeks, should be under water; may the Devil take it! I never want to see it again. Once we have been quite the wolves have been here and came turn up,