NORTH POLE OF THE WINDS 



been found soon, there was not a chance in a 

 thousand that the flyers could be rescued. 



Before we gave up the search completely, I 

 again sent Marius, this time with Potter, across 

 the fjord to combine an exploration of the eastern 

 end of Lake J. P. Koch with a continued search 

 for evidence of the flyers. We however withdrew 

 the canoe and the supplies from the cache on the 

 south shore, as we of the summer party were ex- 

 pecting to leave Camp Lloyd in a few days on our 

 return to civilization. 



We now set to work to as far as possible com- 

 plete the packing of supplies for the winter party. 

 Through the Skinfacce radio at Holstensborg we 

 had now been able to engage the Nakuak to come 

 in so as to take us out to the coast about Septem- 

 ber 4th. Once in Holstensborg Potter and I ex- 

 pected to go northward on the Disko before re- 

 turning to Copenhagen and I was planning to ar- 

 range transportation for the remainder of the 

 party by small motor sloops to Ivigtut and have 

 them proceed from there to Philadelphia on one of 

 the boats of the Pennsylvania Salt Company. 



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