THE THIRD GREENLAND EXPEDITION 



Because of the delay in the sailing of the Disko 

 the freighter Skinfaxc left Copenhagen early in 

 June with supphes for the West Greenland settle- 

 ments of Godhavn, Holstensborg, and Godthaab. 

 The Slxinfaxe was a new tramp steamer of 2200 

 tons burden and she carried a full cargo including 

 lumber, provisions, and 900 tons of coal. She was 

 destined to be wrecked before discharging her 

 cargo. On June 29 at about six o'clock in the 

 afternoon she struck a reef about ten miles off the 

 harbor of Holstensborg. S. O. S. calls for help 

 brought the expedition ship Godthaab of 162 

 net tons, the Gertrude Rash of 378 net tons, 

 and somewhat later the Sonja of 127 net tons, 

 the latter a small but powerful whaling "killer 

 ship". On the day following the wreck these 

 vessels with the aid of motorships manned by 

 Eskimos succeed in getting the Skinfacce off the 

 reef in a badly damaged condition and in towing it 

 into the harbor of Holstensborg. 



All our freight had been placed on board the 

 Disko at Copenhagen and on the 21st of June the 

 third expedition from the University of Michigan 

 sailed for Greenland. On board the ship was Dr. 

 Lauge Koch, who was planning geological studies 

 on the fjords near Disko. On the second and third 

 days out from Copenhagen we ran through small 



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