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MAEIOISr EXPEDITIOX TO DAVIS STRAIT AND BAFFIN BAY 



was too constricted to allow much of a sea to be built up. and the 

 duration of the l)lasts was too short to cause the ship to drat; or to 

 blow oif the small boats very far. The only danui<2;e done was the 

 saltino; up of a few o|)en boatloads of water, which necessitated their 

 beino- emptied and filled up a^ain at the stream. The dry warmth 



caused by the com- 

 pression of the 

 d o w n-flowing air 

 pervaded the whole 

 locality, causniir the 

 dry bulb to read 72° 

 F. at 8 p. m., while 

 at the same time the 

 wet bulb read only 

 55° F. 



The greatly dis- 

 turbed local atmos- 

 pheric c o n d i t i o n s 

 can be realized from 

 the following ob- 

 seryation. Despite 

 the dry heat of the 

 place, several times 

 we saw large snow- 

 flakes falling. At 

 first, we did not be- 

 lieve that snow 

 could fall with the 

 thermometer round 

 the 70° mark, and 

 we supposed the 

 great white flakes 

 were some sort of 

 down torn by the 

 wind from a species 

 of plant ashore. 

 When we caught a 

 few of the flakes in 

 our hand and saw 

 and felt them melt, 

 however, we soon 

 changed our opin- 

 ion. At dusk the 

 work o f watering 

 ship was suspended 

 and all hands en- 

 joA'ed a good night's 

 rest after the stren- 

 uous 10-day run from Godhavn, Greenland, the last place where the 

 anchor had been down. 



The morning of August 24 was devoted to watering ship, to 

 striking the last barreled oil into the fuel tanks, and to preparing 

 for the next long run. Some of the officers started out after break- 



TilP: KE.MXAXTS OF A ()X(.'K LAU<;KU STUKAM OF ICE 



FiGusE 30. — We climbed over several former end moraines 

 and finally got to a last steep slope of rock fragments 

 which led directly to the ice. The heights behind this 

 small glacier are among the highest of the Torngat Moun- 

 tains of northern Labrador. 



