NORTH POLE OF THE WINDS 



that have gone beyond the head of the Maligiak- 

 fjord to the eastward, and westward across the 

 fjord in the direction of the coast. As soon as time 

 could be found Belknap with the aid of the Direc- 

 tor began to prepare a map of the district as far 

 as the head of the Maligiakfjord. 



Oscanyan, our radio operator, early set to 

 work to prepare and erect the radio mast of jointed 

 bamboo thirty-five feet in height which we had 

 brought with us. It was at first set up some distance 

 back of the hut but without securing any contact 

 whatever. It was then concluded that the high 

 rock walls of the amphitheatre prevented any rays 

 going out or coming in except at the west where 

 the amphitheatre opens toward the bay, and it 

 was therefore decided to move our radio station to 

 the summit of the headland four hundred feet high 

 and lying southwest of the camp. The heavy Bur- 

 gess B batteries it was necessary to ferry across 

 the bay and pack them up the steep slope to the 

 top. This work fell largely to our strong man, 

 Gould, aided by Belknap and myself, since Oscan- 

 yan was kept busy getting his equipment sorted 

 out and later assembled on the headland. The 

 radio station itself was merely a small tent in which 

 we had both short and long wave receivers that in 

 the new position gave us for the greater part of 



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