March 23, 1909
MARCH: Calendar | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11, B, C, D | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25, B | 26, B | 27, B | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 APRIL: 1, B, Bv, C | 2, B, C | 3, B | 4, B | 5, B, C | 6, B, Bv, C, D, E | 7, B, C, D, E, F, G | 8 | 9 |10, 10v | 11 | 12-13 | 13-14 | 19-20 | 20-22 | 22-23, B | 24 | Home
[Top page blank.]          15 march.                                     29 d. Tuesday, Mar. 23˚ Started soon after midnight. Misty, evidently from open leads, temp. - 32˚. Some 5 miles from camp just succeeded in getting 4 sledges across an opening lead. Delayed here some 2 hours waiting for rear sledge which was ferried across the lead on a cake of ice. [Interlineation:] Seal seen in lead. Same heavy going, small old floes, high rafters & some young ice. largely level old floes of considerable area & hard snow. Arrived Captain's camp 11.30 Henson still in igloo. At least 15 m. ('). This puts us beyond 86˚ N. Lat. [Vertically in margin:] Send note to Captain
© 2002 by Douglas R. Davies. All rights reserved. No text or images may be used without written permission from Douglas R. Davies. Email request