Field note book[s], Crocker Land Expedition, 1913-1915
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according to the and Abford- all seals two, which makes us a total of twenty for the trip. Kar-ho-che-a-al and Ki-wu-ah-sal both lost their canibon and Eelot. Aw-duch-al-bing-yah has married Co-blud-yah, thank goodness! On Sunday, May 14, we heard generous gulls over our tent. On the same day we saw a large flock of eider ducks. Today the water is spangled with sea-jagsus, all in summer plumage. We have seen numberless white-whales feasting along the edge of the ice, young and old. The young are still lead color. The boys say there are a year old. Standing on the edge of the ice we watched them in the water below as turning and twisting their bodies at all angles. Many were swimming belly up!