SECOND EXPEDITION TO THE ICE-CAP 



the flies and to sleep warmly during the day. Er- 

 lanson and Abraham were left at the camp so that 

 the former would carry out his botanical studies. 



At the Karkanguak camp Belknap and I turned 

 in at nine o'clock to sleep using one blanket and a 

 bed cover between us, but we were soon so cold 

 that after an hour and one half we started out 

 again on the trail and kept marching until we had 

 reached Camp Lloyd at half -past three next morn- 

 ing. Since early morning we had made about 

 twenty-five miles on a bad trail, five of it under 

 heavy packs. 



Around midnight there is at this time of the year 

 a twilight which continues for about two hours and 

 makes traveling on smooth rocky slopes very dif- 

 ficult. It has been our luck to reach cliffs and 

 slippery rocks at just that time. Some time after 

 our arrival at Camp Lloyd the three younger Es- 

 kimos came in also. 



On the afternoon of August 8th Herz, Belknap, 

 Church and myself with the three Eskimos set out 

 on the definite ice-cap expedition of the summer. 

 The Eskimos with small packs started off on the 

 trail and the rest of us in the dory towing the 

 canoe and planning to meet the Eskimos at the 

 Dory Landing. We arrived at four o'clock and 

 were in bed by five. With Church and the three 



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