. A voyage to the arctic in the whaler Aurora. ing, the whalers often getting wonderfulcatches there, thereby unproving their menugreatly. At this time, the weather was very win-try, frost and snow reminding us of where wewere, and by the night of Sunday, the 17th, wewere only off Cape Bowen. Monday was a beautiful day and we were fastto the shore floe, a long way from the land. TheCaptain decided to improve the shming hour byhaving the ship painted, so the boats were putupon the ice and the men employed, cleaning andpainting. The Aurora was comparatively new, soit was \eYj easy cleaning her,
. A voyage to the arctic in the whaler Aurora. ing, the whalers often getting wonderfulcatches there, thereby unproving their menugreatly. At this time, the weather was very win-try, frost and snow reminding us of where wewere, and by the night of Sunday, the 17th, wewere only off Cape Bowen. Monday was a beautiful day and we were fastto the shore floe, a long way from the land. TheCaptain decided to improve the shming hour byhaving the ship painted, so the boats were putupon the ice and the men employed, cleaning andpainting. The Aurora was comparatively new, soit was \eYj easy cleaning her, as her woodworkwas good and she had been well kept up. Evenwashing her down with the alkaline solution usedgave her a nice appearance. By evening, a greatdeal had been accomplished and inside she lookedvery neat. The little auks were numerous about here. Oneof our firemen killed three with a broom handleand I shot a fine bag. There was a good flight ofducks along the floe edge and I had several shotsat them. As the birds were young, they were. Little Auk
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