Field note book[s], Crocker Land Expedition, 1913-1915
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Transcription
"Two young men walked to the place where the earth meets the sky, which their fingers through the sky and could see another sky above this one. All was as clear as ice. Monday, April 9 -9° F. on bed platform this morning. Inside stove -21° F. outside. A good pun to Etah. Notes on Camp Clay Apr. 29. Jens drowned May 3. Dark bread gone. Nine days meat remained. May 6. Violent storm. Quitting camp " 9. Twelve white whales seen " 10. Lumps of ice porten! " 18 Sagifrage green on ends " 19 Ellis died " 21 Sagifrage in blossom " 22 Pitch tent, voyager S.E. " 23 Ralston died. Move to tent " 24 Bleider .. " 26 Bad storm