0 
CAPT. ROBERT A. BARTLETT 
GREENLAND EXPEDITION of 1938 
Under the Auspices of 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
AND CLEVELAND MUSEUM 
(25) 
PQaj- of a streair. as if; rushed over the rocks* This was a stream coming from 
the lake perhaps? Here the going was treacherous, picking a path over the 
loose rocks that were on the edge of the perpendicular walls of the chasm. 
One at a time and on all fours was the vrord for the steeper places. As 
soon as possible after going around this shoulder, we cut down to the stream 
bed where we found the going much easier . The stream bed bore farther to the 
left (east); and after a short distance we came to a fork, where one branch 
came from the hills to the east and the other came from underground and 
bore to the right. Over a rise, we came upon what appeared to be a dried 
up lake bed, along v^hich we followed. A biting wind in our faces made the 
going unpleasant and we stopped at 2:30 p.m. on the other side of this bed 
in a sheltered spot for a lunch of biscuits and jam. 
Over the brow of the next hill we could see the north end of Salmon 
Lake, which on further investigation proved to be a small pond about one- 
half a mile across flowing into the lake proper by means of small creek 
about a hundred yards long. I sent Hay and Mini around one side to recon- 
noiter, while Rupert and I went around the other. Along the marshy section 
of the west shore we found some flowers which Rupert stopped to gather. I 
picked up a couple bottles of microscopic life and then was off to the 
nearest high peak (to the southwest) to survey the surrounding country. 
From this point of vantage I got a better view of the lake itself. It ap- 
peardd like an inverted T with the first small pond flowing into the bot- 
tom of the T from the north. Two hills preventedfny seeing how far east 
and west the ends of the T extended. There was still some ice in it. 
TOiile on the way up this hill, I saw a pure white Gyrfalcon flying above. 
I descended to meet the other fellows on the south side of the small 
pond, where there were about a half a dozen Arctic Terns flying about. ^Ve 
tried several times to cast the seine but there was no favorable place and 
a fresh wind was flowing up the lake from the south. Here we sat down to 
discuss how best to survey the lake. 
The walking over the rooks had been so very difficult that we had 
been able to move only at a snail’s pace. I, therefore, decided to cache 
all extra collecting gear and food and proceed with as light loads as 
possible to rapidly survey the lake and perhaps|find the passage down to 
Orlick's Bay. Having cached the gear on the south side of the small lake 
