NORTH POLE OF THE WINDS 



on May 12th by the United States of the Scandi- 

 navian-American hne, though most of the expedi- 

 tion was to sail on the Bergensfjord of the 

 Norwegian-American hne a week later. The 

 expedition consisted of Belknap, second-in-com- 

 mand, who was surveyor and geologist; Leonard 

 R. Schneider, aerologist from Clark University; 

 David Potter, photographer; Duncan Stewart, 

 Jr., assistant in geology and surveying; Francis M. 

 Baer, radio operator; Helge Bangsted, in charge 

 of Eskimo helpers; and Elmer G. Etes, aviator 

 and mechanic. 



The further passage from Copenhagen to Green- 

 land was scheduled for June 1st on the motor- 

 ship Disko. With our freight already piled 

 on the dock at Hoboken two days only before the 

 departure of the vessel on which it was to be 

 shipped, a radiogram arrived from Bangsted and 

 Oscanyan. They were together aboard the Disko 

 outward bound from Holstensborg to Copenhagen. 

 This radiogram advised me that the Disko was 

 then fast in the ice-pack off Julianehaab near the 

 south point of Greenland, and hence would hardly 

 be able to get free and reach Copenhagen before 

 the last of June. This arrived in time to cancel 

 the freight shipments and the sailing of the expedi- 

 tion. Inquiry by cable at Copenhagen brought 



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