CHAPTER II 



IN CAMP ON THE MALIGIAKFJORD 



I HEN anchor was dropped in 

 the harbor of Holstensborg, 

 Mr. Putnam, Captain Bob, 

 Dr. Raven and myself at once 

 went ashore to meet the local 

 Governor; but unknown to us 

 he had already set out for the ship. On reaching 

 the shore we learned of this and at once returned 

 on board to meet the representative of Danish 

 authority in this outpost of the kingdom. With 

 Governor Bistrup was Helge Bangsted, a well- 

 known Arctic explorer who spoke English and 

 acted as interpreter. Bangsted had been a member 

 of the latest Thule Expedition of Dr. Rasmussen 

 in Arctic America, and he was now returning 

 from an independent expedition which he had 

 just made on the Greenland ice-cap near the 



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