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Strange sight to see Terry working away with an Eskimo holding 

 the piece he was working at. Both the Eskimos who were aboard 

 during the morning were very bright and happy fellows. Neither of 

 them could speak English. They are very quick with their fingers 

 and fell to helping us without being asked. 



We then ran down the bay mostly under power without even 

 waiting long enough to see if the man's engine worked. This 

 afternoon has been worth all the bad weather and long night 

 watches of the last month. The fjord is magnificent. The patches 

 of snow somehow set oflF and mark out the ridges and hollows in a 

 very vivid way. Originally the icz cut a path the shape of a very 

 broad U. The two sides are about a mile apart and from the top 

 of the cliffs to the water is about 1200 feet. Since the ice has receded 

 the sides have weathered and deposited steep talus slopes of small 

 stones and gravel. Every mile or so a little stream leaps over the 

 edge and comes tumbling down into the fjord. Taking pictures and 

 discussing the geology of the region we slid back about 25 miles and 

 finally fetched up at supper time on the delta of a stream at the head 

 of the northwest arm. Moving the water barrels soon got her off and 

 then all hands went ashore for a short walk. 



Position Seglek, Bay 

 Tuesday, August 10th ■^ Weather Cloudy with some rain 



Wind Southerly 



AFTER breakfast and as soon as the camping gear could be packed 

 1~\. up, 1 took the two Johns, Oily and Bob ashore in the "Risk." 

 They planned to spend the night up the river. Bob and Church 

 were anxious to try their luck at fishing while the other two had their 

 guns. Woody spent the morning collecting along the river banks. 



Terry and 1 got after the rigging while Bart began his chemistry. 

 It took him a long time to get going as some of the salt in the 



