NORTH POLE OF THE WINDS 



or else that the manager was away; for even if 

 my note could not be read, the Eskimo skipper 

 would be able to give the necessary information. 

 Peter now comes to me and volunteers to try to 

 go to Sakardlit for help going over the plateau. 

 This is a very hazardous undertaking and I do not 

 favor it, at least as yet. Peter evidently is feeling 

 troubled over his failure to see the umiak as it 

 passed in the night. He is a very faithful Eskimo 

 and I do not believe it was due to any fault on his 

 part. I am inclined to think that our better chance 

 of early rescue is to send a party down toward 

 the mouth of the fjord from which a possible pass- 

 ing sloop could perhaps be signaled. 



298 



