THE EXPEDITION BASE 



in spite of the thick rope handles. The canvass 

 of the riding sail was old and leaky and so we con- 

 structed a fly from new heavily water-proofed 

 thick duck such as we are to use for the roof of 

 the observatory. Our dining and store tent and 

 our general assembly room and office as well was 

 thus made thoroughly waterproof. It was not so 

 easy to protect it during high winds. 



Our sleeping tents we grouped around the wall 

 tent and the storehouse brought from our camp 

 of 1926 was later set up somewhat higher on the 

 slope and was used temporarily as an experimental 

 radio station by Mr. Oscanyan, I regret to say 

 without any success whatever in reaching the 

 United States. 



In most respects Camp Lloyd proved a very 

 satisfactory base for the Expedition. Situated 

 less than one hundred yards from the fjord land- 

 ing and some sixty-five feet higher up, its never 

 failing source of good water was less than one 

 hundred feet away. We could gaze out across the 

 fjord, here widened to about six miles, though 

 elsewhere averaging from less than two to less than 

 three miles. A prominent bluff which we named 

 Point Emmons partly enclosed a bay in front of 

 Camp Lloyd which we named Michigan Bay. Be- 

 tween the forks of the fjord about two miles away 



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