CHAPTER XXVI 



Carlson's winter dog-sled expedition 



OR Carlson I had made plans 

 before the summer party of 

 _ 1928 had embarked with Has- 

 sell and Cramer on the ill-fated 

 Nakuak to go down to the 

 coast. He had been delegated to leave the camp 

 the next morning with the Eskimo hunter Marius 

 in an attempt to reach the place where the "Greater 

 Rockford" had been left on the ice. This was in 

 the hope that despite the stormy foehn wind which 

 had since blown off the ice, it might still be found 

 intact and certain parts salvaged. The navigating 

 instruments were light and easily transported and 

 worth at least $1000. Each blade of the pro- 

 peller was worth about the same sum. Cramer 

 had given Carlson as full information as he could 

 regarding the position of the plane and also that 



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