AGAIN ON THE MALIGIAKFJORD 



the arrival of the Mornssey. We gave ourselves 

 over to our scientific work and to surveys in the 

 vicinity which were in charge of Belknap. 



While we had been away on our journey to the 

 ice-cap the weather at our base had been much more 

 rainy than any we had encountered in the hinter- 

 land. Notwithstanding this, Fergusson had made 

 nearly sixty balloon ascents, on fair days send- 

 ing up both morning and afternoon balloons. 

 Our little radio station had been able to pick up 

 137 stations scattered widely through Europe, 

 North America, South America, Australia, and 

 New Zealand. One night a call came from a dis- 

 tant station in the heart of West Central Africa. 

 When Oscanyan gave his station as that of the 

 Hobbs Greenland Expedition, the reply was, 

 "We've heard a lot about you". 



As August drew to a close the signs of the com- 

 ing winter season became daily more apparent. The 

 few birds about camp one after another left us. 

 There was in the night an ever deepening and 

 lengthening twilight around midnight, until we 

 could faintly discern a few stars of the first magni- 

 tude. We awoke on the morning of the 21st to 

 find snow covering the hills across the fjord, and 

 later in the day we were ourselves in a flurry of 

 snow followed by a rain of sleet. 



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