NORTH POLE OF THE WINDS 



ered to the dock and was darting about. This he 

 would continue to do until starved and exhausted, 

 when he would be hauled in and added to the dis- 

 play along the shore. 



After we had set off in the afternoon the wind 

 rose, and as we approached the widened opening 

 of the fjord toward the sea, it became very rough 

 and the more susceptible of our party were made 

 seasick. Arriving at the coast in the evening we 

 set up our camp just outside the colony of Hol- 

 stensborg after being most hospitably received by 

 the Governor and Mrs. Bistrup. 



On the 5th we were in a foehn wind from the 

 ice-cap such as we had first become acquainted 

 with when at Camp Cooley on the border of the 

 ice. Here, however, the wind was accompanied 

 by considerable rain, most of which seemed to pass 

 through our tanalite tents. All night the tents 

 flapped as the wind tugged at them and threatened 

 to pull them loose from the heavy boulders by 

 which they were anchored. Each flap of the canvas 

 sent down a shower of water, so that we were soon 

 drenched even in our sleeping bags. 



In the early morning we were cheered by the 

 arrival of an Eskimo who reported that the 

 Morrissey had come in during the night and was 

 already at anchor in the harbor. At the same time 



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