NORTH POLE OF THE WINDS 



morning, swinging around into the southwesterly 

 quarter. One of our canoes which had been left 

 high and dry upon the land was overturned by 

 the wind and badly chafed as it moved along over 

 the tundra surface. The cook shack behind our 

 dining tent was wrecked. 



Abraham and his party are back with a bag of 

 geese, but with no caribou. Erlanson finished his 

 work at the Nakajanga in two days and then 

 started back in the canoe at a time when the fjord 

 appeared to be quiet. When he was part way across 

 — the fjord is here two miles in width — he was 

 caught in a gust of wind which raised heavy seas 

 and willy nilly he was carried six miles down the 

 fjord. By strenuous efforts he just managed to 

 make a landing on a rocky point as he was being 

 carried still farther down the fjord. 



Two Eskimos in their kayaks had come in to 

 Camp Lloyd from the coast during our absence, 

 making the trip from Holstensborg and Sarfan- 

 guak over the winter dog sled route by way of 

 Sarkardlit, a route which includes a portage 

 eleven miles in length. They were caught in the 

 big storm of Thursday and Friday and were ap- 

 parently somewhat shaken by the experience. They 

 had left for the coast on Friday intending to travel 

 all night. 



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