NORTH POLE OF THE WINDS 



latitude of Umanak. Governor Bistrup had 

 been born in Greenland the son of a Danish Gov- 

 ernor, and almost his entire life had been spent 

 in the Greenland coast settlements. Both Gov- 

 ernor Bistrup and Mr. Bangsted were to play 

 important roles in connection with our Greenland 

 Expeditions. 



No one is allowed to land in Greenland without 

 a special permit from the Danish Government, but 

 our papers were soon found to be in order and the 

 Governor now exerted himself to supply the furs 

 and other articles still necessary to our equipment. 

 We were invited to take coffee at the Governor's 

 residence, which is above the harbor and is entered 

 through an impressive gateway formed from two 

 ribs of a Greenland whale. The men and women 

 of the Governor's household were now invited by 

 Mr. Putnam to be his guests at dinner on the Mor- 

 rissey, where Billy the cook did his best to make a 

 sailor's fare attractive to the guests. 



Mr. Putnam was anxious to sail for the North 

 with as little delay as possible, and the Governor 

 having sent on board an Eskimo pilot familiar with 

 the navigation of the neighboring fjords, we 

 weighed anchor as soon as dinner was over. Be- 

 cause of the shallow water in the straits at Sarfan- 

 guak, it was necessary to first go down the coast and 



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