MAEIOX EXPEDITIOX TO DAVIS STRAIT AXD BAFFIX BAY 



47 



At 6.2U p. m., after the mine's doctor had dressed a minor injury 

 to the hand of one of the officers, the J/rtWa;? <rot under way. Various 

 courses were stood through the now shrieking gale toward the nar- 

 rows north of Arsuk Island. Kain s([nalls made visibility so low 

 that at times neither shore was discernible from the center of the 

 iy2 mile wide fiord. Nevertheless, the entrance to the narrows was 

 located and their passage was again successfully made. 



Continuing on 3 miles farther seaward, a sheltered spot was found 

 in Ekaluit anchorage, where the Marlon anchored at 7.23 p. m. At 

 this uninhabited spot, under the 4,450-foot height of Mount Kungnat, 

 the Marlon remained waiting almost three days for the barometer to 

 rise. It was deemed inadvisable to run for Cape Farewell and 

 thence across Davis Strait in the face of the unsettled weather con- 



rKKMlXAL WALL 



Figure 37. — We ascended some distance over the smooth stagnant ice behind the south 

 edge of the glacier above Ivigtut. This view looks toward the rough ice of the center 

 and north portions, which is rapidly moving seaward and calving into Arsuk Fiord. 

 As at Port Quervain, the glacier here had an ice cavern in its vertical terminal wall. 

 This is doubtless the seaward end of the tube of a subglacial stream. 



ditions that prevailed. The time was spent watering ship and pre- 

 paring everything for the long line of stations that were to be taken 

 to the Strait of Belle Isle. While at Ekaluit anchorage " working " 

 parties from the crew picked several bushels of the delicious blue- 

 berries that grew in the thick mat of low vegetation which covered 

 the ground in all favorable locations. These berries were served to 

 all hands for many days. Besides being eaten raw with sugar and 

 tinned milk, they Avere made into pies and puddings that proved a 

 splendid addition to the fare. 



Other members of the crew jigged for codfish in the near-by waters. 

 In the latter occupation they were joined by several natives in 

 kyaks from the village of Arsuk, situated about 3 miles seaward from 

 our anchorage. Considerable rain fell on the ship, but the moun- 

 tains, down to a few hundred feet above sea level, were seen when 

 the clouds lifted to be covered bv a fall of wet snow. 



