AGAIN ON THE MALIGIAKFJORD 



the sun came out after the rain and we were soon 

 getting out our wet bedding to dry while breakfast 

 was being made ready over our primus lamp. Soon 

 our shipmates of the Morrisscy were ashore and 

 coming up the path toward the Governor's house 

 led by Mr. Putnam and Dr. Knud Rasmussen, the 

 distinguished Danish Arctic Explorer who was 

 returning from the North on the Morrissey. 



Dr. Rasmussen was born at Jakobshavn in 

 North Greenland, the son of the Danish pastor 

 and his Eskimo wife. His remarkable achieve- 

 ments have stirred the pride of the Eskimo people, 

 as his efforts to improve their conditions have 

 aroused their grateful appreciation. It was pleas- 

 ant to observe the respect approaching adoration 

 which all the Eskimos of the village showed toward 

 this remarkable man. In 1913 he had carried out a 

 double crossing of North Greenland, in 1917 he 

 had made a remarkable sled journey along the 

 Greenland north coast, and he had lately returned 

 from what was probably his greatest achievement, 

 the four-year long crossing of Arctic America. 

 The Eskimo trading station at North Star Bay in 

 the Cape York district was planned and is now 

 kept up by him. The Morrissey had taken north 

 to this station a suj^ply of stores and was now 

 bringing back to New York a large consignment of 



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