SECOND EXPEDITION TO THE ICE-CAP 



at the time of the spring tide. One of these spring 

 tides had caught us napping before we started on 

 the expedition, and the dory carried up on the beach 

 was scraped against a boulder until a considerable 

 area near the keel was worn thin and produced a 

 leak. This leak had been repaired by Herz and 

 Belknap, and Belknap now suggested that we try 

 out the dory by a trip across the fjord to the south 

 arm beyond Nakajanga. He took Erlanson with 

 him to make a botanical reconnaissance, and I sug- 

 gested that Abraham also go along with his rifle. 

 The party returned in the late afternoon enthusi- 

 astic over the performance of the new Lockwood 

 motor. Erlanson had shot a goose and a duck. 



On August 4th I decided that Belknap, Church, 

 Erlanson and I should make a start for the inland- 

 ice the same afternoon with the four Eskimos pack- 

 ing in, so as to find if possible the lost depot of 

 provisions and to make a temporary base above the 

 Upper Rapids of the Watson River. We left 

 Camp Lloyd at three with Belknap and Erlanson 

 going ahead in the motor-dory towing the canoe 

 and proceeding to Dory Camp with the flood tide. 

 Church and I with the four Eskimos started out 

 on the trail along the shore, all of us carrying 

 heavy packs. The dory got in ahead of us and for- 

 tunately, before the tide went out. Erlanson and 



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