SECOND EXPEDITION TO THE ICE-CAP 



ing past the Middle Rapids. The day was warm 

 and with only a slight breeze so that the flies were 

 an especial torment. One suffered particularly 

 when portaging the canoe as the hands were in 

 use to balance the load. Just as they brought 

 in the last load they encountered Erlanson on his 

 way out to Camp Lloyd. The heavy work of the 

 past few days had begun to tell on the men and 

 was felt especially as they were making the por- 

 tage on the twelfth from the river over the ridge 

 to Sand Lake Camp. I had now joined them 

 with the Eskimos and we took over a part of the 

 load. 



On the morning of the 13th Belknap, Herz and 

 I started out to make the portage from the Sand 

 Lake Camp to the river above the Upper Rapids 

 and, this accomplished, to go on together ; but now 

 it was quickly learned that only two men can be 

 used advantageously on the canoe except on port- 

 ages, and these were all now behind us, so I went 

 on ahead. By alternately paddling and towing 

 Belknap and Herz made good headway until they 

 were opposite a high cut-bank in glacial deposits 

 where slides had taken place. Seeing a large crack 

 far back from the edge they wisely decided to 

 work toward the opposite bank. This brought 

 them into the main current where with their best 



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