MOTOR-BOAT EXPEDITIONS 19 



miles off the coast of Labrador. During the voyage 

 the Eskimo hunters were able to obtain a supply 

 of fresh food sufficient for the preservation of life. 

 One member of the party, who was in 1 872 a girl 

 of eleven years old, is still living on Disko Island. 



On the summit of a rounded headland of gneiss 

 overlooking Disko Bay (Fig. 9), near the entrance 

 to Godhavn harbour, is a small wooden hut, its 

 sides made of boards nailed to four large pieces of 

 the jaws of Greenland whales, which was formerly 

 used as a look-out station for whales. Many names 

 are cut in the boards of the hut, including those of 

 explorers and of sailors from British ships dated 

 more than a century ago. Standing by the look- 

 out with the breakers of Disko Bay rolling up the 

 rocks below, one thought of the members of many 

 British Arctic expeditions who visited the spot 

 while their ships lay at anchor in the harbour before 

 sailing to the polar seas. 



From Godhavn we made two motor-boat expedi- 

 tions, travelling over 600 miles in five weeks. 

 After a short excursion along the east coast of 

 Disko Island in the 'Clio borealis,' the motor-boat 

 belonging to the Arctic Station, we returned to 

 our base, unfortunately, owing to a broken shaft 

 and the consequent delay, a few hours too late 

 to be present at a luncheon on board the King's 

 ship to which we had been graciously invited. 

 Our second and more extended excursion was 

 made in the 'Angut,' a motor-boat belonging to 

 the Director for Greenland, Mr Daugaard-Jensen, 

 who generously placed it at our disposal when he 



