NORTH POLE OF THE WINDS 



depart for Ivigtut. Her skipper, Captain Alm- 

 sted, on learning of our difficulties generously of- 

 fered to take us as his guests, not alone to Ivigtut 

 but to Copenhagen as well, provided we could find 

 the means to feed and sleep ourselves. This would 

 permit us all to get back to the United States at 

 least a fortnight earlier than we could by any other 

 method. 



There were, to be sure, no cabins on the boat, 

 but there was a very comfortable little saloon 

 with a coal stove and a dining table. The neces- 

 sary dishes and a portion of the food supplies I 

 was fortunately able to purchase from the Bes- 

 tyrer at Godthaab, and I believed it would be pos- 

 sible to find the rest once we had arrived at Ivig- 

 tut. I therefore accepted with alacrity and most 

 gratefully the offer of the captain. With some 

 reluctance I decided to give up my trip to North 

 Greenland, as it was to delay more than was desir- 

 able my return to the University. There was, on 

 the Fulton, as we soon found, an excellent cook, 

 so that the food problem was rather easily ar- 

 ranged. At night the sleeping bags of the party 

 were spread out on the floor of the saloon, though 

 as the captain had a bunk in the chart room, he 

 insisted that I should spread my sleeping bag in 

 his bunk just off the saloon. To Captain Almsted, 



