GREENLAND EXPEDITION OF 1937 



By CAPT. ROBERT A. BARTLETT 



New York City 



Iii continuation of investigations that I have been carrying on for 

 several years in the Arctic regions for the Smithsonian and other 

 institutions, I visited the west coast of Greenland during the past 

 summer. One of the main objectives of our trip was to get walrus 

 pups for the Chicago Zoological Society. As part of our collecting 

 outfit, we took along what was for us a brand new type of gear — an 

 otter trawl, suggested by Dr. Waldo L. Schmitt, of the U. S. National 

 Museum, and bought for us by Bassett Jones, of Nantucket and New 

 York. The use of this apparatus opened up a whole new vista of 

 Arctic marine life to our astonished eyes. 



Our crew was pretty much the same as last year, with Brother Will 

 Bartlett going again as mate. The lads that went along and helped me 

 finance the trip were Buck Morris, Plymouth Meeting, Pa. ; Francis C. 

 Grant, Chestnut Hill, Pa. ; Warner Kent, Scarsdale, N. Y. ; and David 

 C. Nutt, Cleveland, Ohio, all of whom had been with me the previous 

 year, besides David Munsell, Garrison, Md. ; Bob Graff and Stuart 

 Miller, Scarsdale, N. Y. ; Howard McCall, Wynnewood, Pa. ; Bob 

 Wurtz, Short Hills, N. J. ; Gerry Redmond, Locust Valley, Long 

 Island ; and Bross Lloyd, Lee, Mass. The boys all stood regular sea 

 watches, helped to handle the schooner, and tackled any job that they 

 were called upon to do without complaint. They were at all times 

 attentive and efficient. One could not wish for a better crew. 



Clifton Foss was the radio operator on board, while back in Brook- 

 lyn his young and capable wife kept the home fires burning, all mes- 

 sages being relayed through her. She is as good an operator as her 

 husband and kept our relatives and friends well informed of our 

 doings. 



Dr. Schmitt saw to it that we were sent a proper outfit from the 

 National Museum : chests of bottles, a bottom sampler, tow nets, and 

 sundry necessary equipment. Our surgeon, Dr. Richard Knight, of 

 the Presbyterian Hospital, New York, was in general charge of the 

 collecting of specimens of all kinds. David Nutt, Warner Kent, Bross 

 Lloyd, and Stuart Miller assisted him from time to time. 



After leaving City Island, New York, on June 22, we stopped in 

 Nantucket, where Bassett Jones came aboard the Morrissey for a 



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