NORTH POLE OF THE WINDS 



Carlson's expedition was eventually undertaken 

 in the month of March, 1929. The party consisted 

 of Carlson himself, the leader, and three Eskimos 

 — Mathias Olsen, and Enok Jonathansen of Sar- 

 kardlit and Hansi Olsen of Sarfanguak. Hansi 

 and Mathias each drove a team of eight dogs, and 

 Enok, who was both strong and enduring and had 

 been in all three of our summer expeditions, went 

 along as a helper. 



The party left Camp Lloyd early on March 3 

 under a partially clouded sky and with a surface 

 temperature of the air of 16°r., a delightfully 

 cool air to fill the party with zest for the journey. 

 Instead of going southeast across the fjord in the 

 direction of their objective, it was necessary to 

 follow first the north shore southwestward for a 

 distance of six miles, or as far as Second Point, so 

 as to avoid a large open section of the fjord off 

 Nakajanga. From Second Point the dog-sled was 

 driven down onto the fjord-ice and pointed directly 

 off toward the spot where Hassell and Cramer had 

 been rescued. The south shore was then followed 

 westward to the head of Monroe Bay, the starting 

 point of our last summer's expedition in the cari- 

 bou country. 



Owing to the high tides on the Sondre Strom- 

 fjord, there is alv/ays in the winter time a tide- 



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