THE THIRD GREENLAND EXPEDITION 



a prompt reply which indicated that the release 

 of the Disko from the pack-ice would be wholly 

 dependent upon the weather conditions. The ship 

 might be freed any day, but, on the other hand, it 

 might be held fast for weeks. A week later, 

 fortunately, the situation had already cleared, the 

 ship was free, and the sailing for Greenland was 

 already set for June 15th, fifteen days later than 

 its first schedule. Accordingly our freight was 

 shipped to Copenhagen May 17 on the Hellig Olaf 

 and the expedition members generally sailed on 

 June 5th aboard the Stavangerfjord. 



The sailings of Greenland ships are apt to be set 

 forward, and sometimes more than once. I had 

 sailed from New York on the France on May 

 17th, and in Paris I received a cablegram stating 

 that the Disko' s sailing had been again changed, 

 this time to June 17th. When the ship came into 

 port it was found to have been so strained in the 

 ice that repairs were necessary, so that once more 

 our sailing was postponed, this time to the 21st 

 of June, a full three weeks after the original 

 scheduled date. 



From Paris I flew to Hamburg, but came down 

 at Amsterdam for lunch. As I was taking a seat 

 in the restaurant a man jumped up with the ex- 

 clamation, "Well, Professor Hobbs, where do you 



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