NORTH POLE OF THE WINDS 



blue fox skins to be sold for the benefit of this 

 far northern colony of pure Eskimos. 



On board the Morrissey were two husky polar 

 bear cubs, and the necessity of making repairs to 

 the engines and of building from stout planking 

 a suitable cage for the bears, would delay our de- 

 parture until the afternoon of the 7th. At Mr. 

 Putnam's suggestion we remained in our camp for 

 another day, but were kept busy getting a large 

 part of our stores put away in one of the store- 

 houses near the dock. In her disabled condition 

 and with a large supply of partly fleshed walrus 

 and other large game specimens on board, there 

 was hardly room on the Morrissey for the twenty- 

 six men and two bears which together made up 

 the personnel for the return journey to North 

 Sydney. 



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