^ ' MARION ' ' EXPEDITION TO DAVIS STRAIT AND BAFFIN BAY 39 



at last found and entered. Then a tortuous course inland between 

 the mountain walls was begun. The fiord was very crooked and not 

 at all open and crescent shaped as shown on the small-scale chart 

 which we used. (B. A. Chart No. 1422.) At times it appeared as 

 though the head of 

 navigation had 

 been reached, but 

 always there would 

 be a way out around 

 the spurs and ridges 

 that projected into 

 the fiord from either 

 side. For a long- 

 time no streams 

 were seen, but fi- 

 nally a few tiny 

 ones began to ap- 

 pear. At 5 p. m.. 

 when about T miles 

 in from the en- 

 trance, a large 

 brook was noted 

 rushing into the 

 fiord on the port 

 hand. It was fed 

 by several small 

 glaciers located 

 halfway u p t h c 

 mountains on the 

 south shore. 



The Marion wa^ 

 anchored off i\\v 

 stream in approxi- 

 matelv 59° 40' N.. 

 64° 02' W., and 

 preparations were 

 started for boating 

 water aboard. 

 While the boats 

 were being lowered 

 the gentle southerly 

 breeze increased 

 suddenly to gale 

 force, whitening the 

 water, heeling the 

 ship over, and mak- 

 ing it swing and 

 tug at the anchor 

 chain. As sud- 

 denly as it began, i ^ i - ^ ^ 

 the wind squallstopped, but every little while throughout the night 

 these foehns or williwaws rushed down the mountain slopes and tore 

 about the fiord. They buffeted the ship but did not harm lier or her 

 boats which were eiigaged in bringing out fresh water, ihe tiorcl 



\ HANGING GLACIER IN THE HEART OF THE 

 TORNGATS 



Figure 29. — While tbe Marion was taking on water from a 

 mountain brook, some of tbe officers made a trip to tbe 

 glacier wbicb formed its source. From tbe point near tbe 

 fiord wbere tbis view was taken, a 2-bour climb Avas neces- 

 sary to reach tbe nearest ice. Tbe summer day was warm 

 and pleasant, but in tbe winter tbis uninbabited country 

 is terribly cold and bleak. 



