Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in .. . Ill,. j8.—Captain Bartlett and one of his Eskimo Fig. 29.—Unusual close-up of a walrus off the Labrador Coast. SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I933 25 cure their catch of cod the coming summer. Turnavik was firstvisited by my father, then a young man, 65 years ago. He had his ownsteamer and about 500 men, boys, and girls, with all the supplies tocatch and cure the cod, salmon, and trout. He traded with the NascopieIndians and Eskimo for furs, etc. The cod, when cured by the sunin the fall, was shipped to Spain, Portugal, It
Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in .. . Ill,. j8.—Captain Bartlett and one of his Eskimo Fig. 29.—Unusual close-up of a walrus off the Labrador Coast. SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I933 25 cure their catch of cod the coming summer. Turnavik was firstvisited by my father, then a young man, 65 years ago. He had his ownsteamer and about 500 men, boys, and girls, with all the supplies tocatch and cure the cod, salmon, and trout. He traded with the NascopieIndians and Eskimo for furs, etc. The cod, when cured by the sunin the fall, was shipped to Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Greece, in smallsquare-rigged Welsh vessels. The salmon and trout, with the cod-liver oil and furs, w^ent to St. Johns. Newfoundland. It is very sadtoday to see only a few houses and a store or two, a wharf and acouple of boats—all that is left at Turnavik. Knowing the coast so well and the inland waters, I could carry on,having smooth water and fine weather, all through the 24 hours. Mag-nificent scenery unfolds itself along the Labrador coast, similar tothat of the Norwegian fiords. On and on we went, wit
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