IS THE CROCKER LAND PARTY LIVING LIKE ESKIMO 123 



cross Smith Hound. If not back by the time 

 the ship gets here in July she can come over 

 and pick us up somewhere' on that shore. 



The boys are all well and happy thus far. 

 We have plenty of coal, oil and provisions 

 until August, 1915. // for any reason the 

 ship should fail to reach us we could pull 

 through by living as the Eskimo do 



The cigars which you sent to the friends 

 of George have nearly all been delivered. 

 One or two of the men are expected here this 

 moon. Ah-wah-ting-wah, one of the boys 

 who was with George and me at Cape Morris 

 Jesup, is dead. His box I opened for the 

 boys here on Thanksgiving Day telling them 

 of your gift. The Eskimo girls were highly 

 pleased with what you and your daughter 

 sent them. They will never forget George 

 or you either. I have given presents to 

 many others telling them that >-ou wanted 

 me to do it for George. 



I wish you might come up next year and 



see this country and these people If 



we are not back it means some work for some- 

 one to hunt us up; our lives may depend upon 

 that someone 



The following is a letter written in 

 August, 1914 to Colonel Borup by Mr. 

 W. Elmer Ekblaw, geologist and botanist 

 of the expedition, at the time engaged 

 in research at Unianak, North Star Bay: 



Just a message of greeting and good wishes 

 from this "Land of Thule" as the Danes call 

 the unglaciated tract about Wolstenholme 

 Sound, where I am engaged in geological 

 and biological research this summer; just a 

 message of greeting from the busy season in 

 this far-away corner of the world. Our fine 

 sununer is fast waning. In two weeks our 

 all-day sun, with us since Ajiril 21, begins 

 dwindling and on October 21 it will leave us 

 to twilight and darkness for four months. 

 The harbor is almost clear of ice except for 

 the icebergs that stud the waters of the sound, 

 drifting idly about in the tidal currents or 

 aground on some shoal. Daily we are ex- 

 pecting a ship, either one from the United 

 States or from Denmark. 



The past year has been one of adventure, 

 experience and satisfactory scientific work. 

 Our leader has written you in full regarduig 

 the work of the expedition so I shall not tire 

 you with a repetition of the narrative which 

 he has already sent you. I shall add only 

 that my summer's work at this station gives 

 me opportunities for correlations and com- 

 parisons with similar work at Etah next year 

 which I had not expected to have. 



I trust that I shall see you upon our re- 

 turn, which I thiiik will be sometime in the 

 autumn of 1915, unless ill luck betide the 

 vessel coming up after us. Perhaps we may 

 have the pleasure of finding you aboard her 

 when she reaches Etah and safe anchorage 

 in Foulke Fjord. 



