Field note book[s], Crocker Land Expedition, 1913-1915
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opening the circuit to find the layer monthly, what we crave will go I think. Early this morning a number of Eskimos arrived at Eetah on their way to-- Elsmere Sound after bears; Lobby Ling was, Metth. Kooa- vina. B-o-ring was. They may overtake us tomorrow. Monday, March 26 2nd Day That the worst going and the cleanest looks should be contemporaneous is not to be wondered at in the Arctic. Distance covered this year -- Two months was covered last year in one. Nearly all the way from Eetah to Ka-mowitz, is filled up with rubble ice, which was driven up by a southwly wind. Twenty days ago, the Young Ice is covered by a thick granular snow over which the sledges drag as if on