CHAPTER XVII 



THE THIRD GREENLAND EXPEDITION 



HE third expedition had for 

 its object to take in a new 

 staff for the aerological sta- 

 tion at Mount Evans and to 

 relieve Carlson, the assistant aerologist, who had 

 gone in the preceding April and who had been 

 carrying on alone since May 27th except for an 

 Eskimo boy companion. It would be necessary 

 to pack new supplies to the station for its main- 

 tenance in operation for a second complete year. 

 I proposed also to carry out explorations and sur- 

 veys, as well as geological and other studies, pro- 

 vided time was sufficient. Several new buildings 

 were planned; an additional storehouse on Mount 

 Evans, a kite house, and a new permanent tent 

 house at Camp Lloyd. 



Our freight was to be shipped to Copenhagen 



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