SHIPWRECKED 



Holstensborg was able to secure for us the little 

 motor-sloop Nakuak which in July we had char- 

 tered to get in to our base and relieve Carlson. 



The Nakuak arrived at our anchorage in the 

 very early morning of the fourth in charge of its 

 Eskimo skipper, who with his crew were part own- 

 ers of the vessel. I was awakened at four thirty in 

 the morning by shots fired by our Eskimos and, 

 rousing, found the new skipper and crew already 

 ashore. The Nakuak which lay at the anchorage 

 was the usual type of halibut sloop with auxiliary 

 motor accustomed to burn "distillate". It brought 

 supplies which we had ordered for the winter and 

 was to carry out some of our material for ship- 

 ment home. 



I soon had breakfast started after sending a 

 note to the observatory to get everybody up, for 

 we were to have a very busy day, all hands unload- 

 ing the boat and loading cargo, and it is possible to 

 use the landing only when the tide is at flood. 



Carlson and Marius expressed a willingness to 

 undertake an expedition to find the "Greater 

 Rockford" and bring away at least the navigating 

 instruments and carry the propeller blades out to 

 be cached at the edge of the ice, from which they 

 could be brought away by dog-sled at some time 

 during the following winter. Cramer described the 



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