NORTH POLE OF THE WINDS 



landmarks on the entire Greenland coast. The 

 Eskimo population of Kangamiut was ranged 

 along the rocky landing place to receive us. The 

 jovial and hospitable Goettbergsen insisted that 

 we should all be his guests in his cheerful home, 

 and so about ten o'clock in the evening we all sat 

 down to a real banquet of many courses, including 

 halibut just in from the banks, luscious steaks of 

 caribou and all the "fixings" to be found nearer 

 home. It was eleven o'clock when we had finished, 

 and as we were to be off for Sukkertoppen at 

 dawn the next morning we asked to be allowed to 

 get at once to bed. 



At four the next morning it was raining so we 

 were not called until five. The voyage was made 

 in rain, and at Sukkertoppen we were warmly 

 welcomed by Bestyrer and Mrs. Essermann and 

 we sat down to tea in their pleasant home. The 

 news of the rescue of the flyers at Camp Lloyd 

 had reached Sukkertoppen and everyone was keen 

 to see the men who had gone through such thrill- 

 ing experiences. 



When the Nipisak had first arrived at Sukker- 

 toppen with the news of our shipwreck, Bestyrer 

 Essermann had dispatched one of his little vessels 

 to Godthaab, the capital, one hundred and twenty 

 miles to the southward so as to notify the Lands- 



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