Field note book[s], Crocker Land Expedition, 1913-1915
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"Do so , about half a mile from our present camp , on a little neck of land between a fresh-water lake , fed by a descending glacier of Bedford River Island , and the sea --- the perpendicular walls of the cove were about two feet thick and three feet high . Trip from the Rice , Fredericks , Ellison , and Lyons. " Camped at Eskimos Point in our old quarters. "They finally reached the hill or divide between Baird Inlet and Ross Bay , but were unable to haul Ellison up the hill , and his feet were frozen so solidly that he could not stand . They decided that Rice should start for Camp Clay to obtain assistance. Rice and Fredericks left camp April 6 for Baird Inlet to attempt recovery of one hundred pounds of English Beef abandoned in Nov. 1843. Reached Eskimos Point