Field note book[s], Crocker Land Expedition, 1913-1915
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Smith Island Cape Parker Greely Expedition "We are camped on a point a short distance above Wade Point, and just below Alfred Newton Glacier." "Both the land and seaor say that Greerle Island is very small, and is situated of the northern end of an off- shoot of Sefferts Glacier. Seffert's Glacier in the main discharges into- Rosse Bay, buit off shoots come into - the south of the bay, being turned by the Promontory. -- We shall probably move to a low plateau on the south side of Alfred Newton glacier and about a mile distant -. They go over the glacier to Ross Bay ... They unanimously agreed that a point just south of Alfred Newton Glacier would be the best... He moved part of the camp, with rations for several days to a point about five hundred yards south of