NORTH POLE OF THE WINDS 



As we start out the next morning Abraham and 

 Nathaniel are both largely incapacitated, but the 

 latter is able to carry a light load. For the last 

 three nights the air has been much colder, and 

 this morning we find the water frozen in our water 

 pails. We now observe a certain twilight around 

 the midnight hour. Abraham has seen fresh tracks 

 of a caribou and our hopes are aroused that we can 

 add fresh meat to our larder and relieve the strain 

 upon it. We have shot a few ducks and have seen 

 some flocks of geese, but the geese are shy and all 

 our efforts to bag them have been futile. 



We now decide to go forward with reduced loads, 

 make camp at the ice-front, and then send the 

 Eskimos to bring up the rest of our duffle while we 

 carry out balloon ascents at the margin of the ice. 

 A very serious situation is developing; our Eski- 

 mos have now completely exhausted their meager 

 food supply, for they had trusted to get game and 

 especially caribou, but to our great disappointment 

 we have not seen one. 



On the evening of August fourth we made our 

 camp close beside and overlooking the Norden- 

 skjold Glacier tongue. This camp we named Camp 

 Mortimer E. Cooley after the distinguished head 

 of the College of Engineering at the University of 

 Michigan and a warm friend of our enterprise. 



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