ABOARD THE TRAMP-SHIP FULTON 



and to his jovial first officer, Captain Ibsen, we 

 owe a happy solution of our serious problem. 



Since Potter was to spend the following year in 

 Europe, and wished especially to visit North 

 Greenland now that the opportunity offered, a 

 place for him was with some difficulty secured on 

 the Disko for the northern cruise. This would 

 make it possible for him in my place to attend to 

 some matters which had been planned with Gov- 

 ernor Bistrup for the winter staff at Mount Evans. 



On reaching the Disko our party must have 

 presented a particularly unprepossessing appear- 

 ance. Hassell and Cramer had only the clothes in 

 which they had made their wanderings, and we had 

 all slept in our rough clothing for days since leav- 

 ing Camp Lloyd. As we came up in our little 

 dinghy, the Disko had its decks covered with well- 

 dressed passengers including a large number of 

 ladies who seemed to be on a luxurious excursion 

 trip. Our party made a general rush for the bath- 

 room of the Disko for a general clean-up. I 

 alone must hurry off radiograms before the 

 vessel sailed and make necessary arrangements for 

 my party on the Fulton. 



From the little dinghy we waved good-bye to 

 the friends on the Disko and in the afternoon 

 weighed anchor and sailed down the harbor for 



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