NORTH POLE OF THE WINDS 



tent while building the observatory, there was a 

 depression in the ledge which seemed to be outlined 

 by joints of the rock so as to be nearly eight feet 

 square and filled in with glacial deposits. Pick 

 and shovel work soon indicated that by removing 

 the dirt we should soon have the greater part of 

 three walls of a storehouse formed out of rock, and 

 we had a sufficient supply of studding, boards and 

 heavy canvas to prepare a roof which we pro- 

 posed to load down with great boulders. A door 

 was constructed by Etes and we soon had an ex- 

 cellent structure which would not be moved by the 

 strongest gales. This structure at once took in 

 a large part of our winter's supply of provisions 

 and further made one more reserve hut in case fire 

 should destroy the main one. The position of 

 this storehouse was about midway between the 

 observatory and the shore of Lake Herz, the water 

 supply of the station. Schneider took his bunk 

 there so that our party was distributed at night. 



In the time not needed for the station obser- 

 vations at Mount Evans Schneider and Carlson 

 assembled the kites, set up the kite reel on the 

 terrace above the radio shack, and on favorable 

 windy days they sent up kites with meteorographs 

 attached for study of the pressure, temperature 

 and humidity of the upper air as high as the kites 



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