NORTH POLE OF THE WINDS 



occupied on the summit. When we had the central 

 room with its roof and the southeast storeroom 

 with its protecting wall complete, but before the 

 northwest storehouse had been begun, we felt that 

 we should begin our regular observations. Our 

 instruments were therefore carried up and put in 

 place, and on July 21st Kallquist began his daily 

 balloon runs. By this time the men had been able 

 to abandon their tent and had moved into the hut 

 on July 17th. On the following day there was a 

 hard blow which the anemometer registered as 78 

 miles per hour, and on the following day there was 

 a foehn sky with dark terraced mushroom shaped 

 clouds. 



We now worked hard with the Eskimos to get the 

 windward wall of the hut completed. Every day 

 we are getting up more of the meteorological 

 equipment. The black flies are especially trouble- 

 some, but by night of the 18th we have the roof of 

 the weather storeroom with its protecting wall 

 finished and the floor of the central room in part 

 laid. On the 19th a high wind nearly ripped the 

 canvas off the roof when it was only temporarily 

 anchored. Calling all hands we passed a rope over, 

 anchored it to rocks on either side and made taut 

 with a twister. On the 21st the anemometer re- 

 corded gust velocities of 120 miles per hour, but 



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