Field note book[s], Crocker Land Expedition, 1913-1915
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round of sight - from a measured base line of 2000 feet in length. also observations for comparison variation and finding I cafe taraday and land work. I clarence meal. at 9 A.M. temp. + 7° 4' water at foot I glacier here is 77 feet deep. Ice post & ft.3in. in height. Tuesday, May 15. 13th Day Left camp at Raine Bluff at 11-15 last night crossing here at Boyer Point at 6-30 A.M. covering at least 16 geographical miles. the Arctic Devil had his eye on us to-day. Our row out of camp we ran into a heavy wind and drift coming out of an enchanted field. Under the sea of the cafe we struck deep snow free of holes, I have never seen worse any where. The wind seemed to be a new, granular, something like coarse salt; thus covered with a