IN PERIL OF WATERS 



vogel. Inasmuch as the Disko on her northward 

 journey had probably already reached Godthaab, 

 and in any case would soon do so, I was some- 

 what disquieted by this information, lest this news 

 of our shipwreck should be sent out to the world 

 over the Disko^s radio without the later news of 

 our rescue. I was therefore much pleased when 

 the manager permitted us to have the Nipisak but 

 with a different Eskimo skipper and crew who were 

 familiar with the coast between Sukkertoppen and 

 Godthaab. 



After Fiskemeester Nielsen had also in turn 

 hospitably received us in his home we set sail for 

 Godthaab. With Potter I still planned to pro- 

 ceed to North Greenland on the Disko, and as the 

 shipwreck had prevented our embarking at Hol- 

 stensborg, we must now reach Godthaab before 

 she sailed from there. 



Little did we then realize the thrilling experi- 

 ence which lay before us, one far more trying to 

 go through than that of the shipwreck near the 

 mouth of the Stromf jord. At the little settlement 

 of Napasok, which is about forty miles from Suk- 

 kertoppen, we tied up for the night but slept on 

 board. At dawn the next morning I was up and 

 awakened the skipper so that he might proceed 

 with the first light of day. 



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