. The last voyage of the Karluk, flagship of Vilhjalmar Stefansson's Canadian Arctic expedition of 1913-16. o O fl 0 tc boo .S CD t-=o a. ^ 60 3 <3 [s, I—(.« o d ? e3 THE RESCUE FROM WRANGELL ISLAND 321 taken aboard at East Cape and who had broughtthe rescue party ashore in their oomiak, and BurtMcConnell, who had come up on the King andWinge from Nome. Reunited with these othermembers of the original ships company, McCon-nell was now able to teU them of his trip ashorewith Stefansson in the previous September andbriefly how Kataktovick and I had fared in makingour trip to Siberia. The
. The last voyage of the Karluk, flagship of Vilhjalmar Stefansson's Canadian Arctic expedition of 1913-16. o O fl 0 tc boo .S CD t-=o a. ^ 60 3 <3 [s, I—(.« o d ? e3 THE RESCUE FROM WRANGELL ISLAND 321 taken aboard at East Cape and who had broughtthe rescue party ashore in their oomiak, and BurtMcConnell, who had come up on the King andWinge from Nome. Reunited with these othermembers of the original ships company, McCon-nell was now able to teU them of his trip ashorewith Stefansson in the previous September andbriefly how Kataktovick and I had fared in makingour trip to Siberia. The rescuers helped the rescued to gather to-gether the few possessions of value or interest atthe camp and then, leaving a notice for any othership that might come to see about the men, allhands were soon on board the King and Winge,enjoying the luxury of a bath, clean clothes and anample breakfast. The tent was left standing asit was, but the British flag that had flown so longat half-mast was taken with the rescued men. With the Rodgers Harbor party safe aboard,the King and Winge steamed to Waring
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