EXPLORING ABOUT THE 

 NORTH POLE OF THE WINDS 



CHAPTER I 



THE FIRST CRUISE TO GREENLAND ON THE 

 MORRISSEY 



HE motor-schooner Morrissey, 

 Captain "Bob" Bartlett, master, 

 on the morning of June 27, 1926, 

 swung at her moorings in the 

 harbor of North Sydney, Nova 

 Scotia. On board were the per- 

 sonnels of two expeditions about to sail for the 

 Arctic and the stores for three expeditions. Every 

 foot of cargo space was taken and the decks were 

 hidden under piles of lumber, nests of dories, gaso- 

 line drums, canoes, etc., all well lashed and made 

 snug for possible nasty weather. 



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