April 6C, 1909
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[This appears as Top page to loose p. 3 of April 2, inserted after April 6 entry.] Purchase Haskell I. if entire island can be secured? Mark I. monument for mausoleum? Faced with marble or granite, statue with flag on top, lighted room at base for 2 sarcophagi.? Bronze figures Eskimo, Dog, Bear, M.O. Walrus, etc. etc. or bronze tablet of flag on N. Pole & suitable inscription Bust Photos & hundred word or so of text in re N. Pole to all publishers of geographies. Prepare & furnish plate for entire page in geographies [Third page of April 2nd entry. This page apparently was loose and was inserted after April 6 entry prior to microfilming.] A brilliant day & as we camp late in afternoon near a huge pressure ridge the sun almost seems to have some warmth. Got in above my knees twice today in narrow cracks. While building igloos a long lead forms east & southeast of us some miles distant as shown by the water clouds. Dogs show the effects of yesterday's rest.
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