. The last voyage of the Karluk, flagship of Vilhjalmar Stefansson's Canadian Arctic expedition of 1913-16. eered on our way by the goodwishes of the people among whom we had spent apleasant month, we left Esquimault for trip north was a memorable one for me, forI had never been up the Alaskan coast before andenjoyed the beautiful scenery. We reached NomeJuly 7 and remained there until the thirteenth, tak-ing on supplies that had come up on the mail-boatVictoria from Seattle and transferring suppliesfrom the Karluk to the dock for the two other shipsof our little fleet. On July 13, wi
. The last voyage of the Karluk, flagship of Vilhjalmar Stefansson's Canadian Arctic expedition of 1913-16. eered on our way by the goodwishes of the people among whom we had spent apleasant month, we left Esquimault for trip north was a memorable one for me, forI had never been up the Alaskan coast before andenjoyed the beautiful scenery. We reached NomeJuly 7 and remained there until the thirteenth, tak-ing on supplies that had come up on the mail-boatVictoria from Seattle and transferring suppliesfrom the Karluk to the dock for the two other shipsof our little fleet. On July 13, with a farewell salute from the Bear,which happened to be in port at the time, we leftNome for Port Clarence, which we reached thenext day. All hands immediately set to work get-ting things in readiness for our voyage into theArctic Ocean. We blew down the boiler, over-hauled the engines, took on fresh water and rear-ranged our stores and equipment, so that we mightknow where everything was to be found. Theweather was very variable, usually good but verywindy at times, with occasional showers. Some of 10. O G 0 6 -ac OfaHP3 a Q «Q W w o sq H THE VOYAGE BEGINS 11 the scientific staff went ashore and cut grass for usein our boots later on; when a man is wearing thedeerskin boots so essential in Arctic work, it isnecessary for him to line the bottom with dry grassto act as a cushion for his feet as he walks over therough sea ice and also to absorb the perspiration,for otherwise his feet would be in constant dangerof freezing. By July 27 we were at last ready to start. Somefurther repairs were still to be made on the Alaskaso she remained behind but at three oclock in themorning we weighed anchor and, accompanied bythe Mary Sachs, proceeded to sea. Besides theojSicers and crew we had on board the Karluk, Stef-ansson and his secretary, Burt McConnell, withMurray, Mamen, Malloch, Jenness, Beuchat, Mc-Kinlay and Dr. Mackay. We had also a whitedog-driver who left us at Point Barrow. As
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