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Cape Alexander we tried using the trawl, but found the water too deep 

 for the rope we had. We therefore went closer inshore between Cape 

 Chalon and Cape Alexander. Ice prevented us from using the trawl 

 in Kane Basin, as I had hoped, but we did use it in Smith Sound, where 

 we also got in some hauls with the iron dredge and plankton net. 



The farther north we went, the finer the weather became. We 

 reached latitude 78 45' at a point in Smith Sound midway between 

 Cape Sabine, Ellesmere Land, and Greenland. We saw numerous 

 schools of narwhal swimming in the open water close to the edge of 

 the very heavy Arctic ice. It was here that we got the two walrus pups 

 which we had come so far to seek. A few birds were taken on 

 McGarry-Littleton Island and around Pandora Harbor. 



The ice lay close to the Canadian shore, almost to the Cary Islands, 

 and thence to the mouth of Jones Sound. We had a delightful trip 

 almost to the bottom of Olrick's Bay. As we sailed out of Olrick's 

 Bay at 2 a. m., the sun on the opposite shore skimmed the tops of the 

 mountains and ice caps, producing most strange and beautiful color 

 effects of russets and browns. Here and there patches of yellow moss 

 looked for all the world like bunches of peaches on trees at home. 

 On the silver surface of the fiord we could see mirrored ice-capped 

 mountains, hills, glaciers, streams, valleys, and plains. Several bergs 

 floating in the fiord sparkled and shimmered in the light of the sun 

 to the north as it dipped behind the mountains opposite. I shall never 

 forget that night as we steamed out of the fiord right against its 

 eastern gate where the great sun lay robed in vivid flames and amber 

 light. 



On our return to Godhavn, I was delighted to learn that His Excel- 

 lency, Daugaard Jensen, Administrator of all Greenland, would arrive 

 in a few hours on the Disco. The next morning I went on board right 

 after breakfast and we had a pleasant visit. 



The Disco left after the dinner, and so did we. We had a quick 

 and smooth run to Labrador and thence to Brigus, where we stayed 

 a day. Another quick and smooth run brought us to New York, where 

 our two walrus pups were handed over in good shape to Bob Bean, 

 Assistant Director of the Chicago Zoological Society of Brookfield, 

 Illinois. I also gave him the polar bear cub which we captured in 

 Davis Straits midway between Greenland and Baffin Land. 



Saturday, September 18, saw the Morrissey laid up at her old berth, 

 McWilliams Shipyard, West Brighton, Staten Island, thus bringing 

 to an end one of the best trips I ever had in her. 



