. The log of the "Laura" in polar seas; a hunting cruise from Tromsö, Norway to Spitsbergen, the polar ice off east Greenland and the island of Jan Mayen in the summer of 1906, kept by Bettie Fleischmann Holmes . A •\vi- g, whereage pfor tuture re whilesols at On the shore where we landed was the winter hut of areindeer hunter Carl, Mrs. Fleischmann, Colonel Fleischmannand Mrs. Holmes ^. he lower vaiioy, a sere iough the entrr wr j^^j U^o innce Charles ^ djiid gleamed in :e fiord line 29 m the only one of the■ rgetic lo again tramp Dr. Holmes ret mens. ■^■■-- ■ manrt. king eider — very rar
. The log of the "Laura" in polar seas; a hunting cruise from Tromsö, Norway to Spitsbergen, the polar ice off east Greenland and the island of Jan Mayen in the summer of 1906, kept by Bettie Fleischmann Holmes . A •\vi- g, whereage pfor tuture re whilesols at On the shore where we landed was the winter hut of areindeer hunter Carl, Mrs. Fleischmann, Colonel Fleischmannand Mrs. Holmes ^. he lower vaiioy, a sere iough the entrr wr j^^j U^o innce Charles ^ djiid gleamed in :e fiord line 29 m the only one of the■ rgetic lo again tramp Dr. Holmes ret mens. ■^■■-- ■ manrt. king eider — very rare — and so far the mostvaluable acquisition to our collection; alsokilled one longtailed duck, one herring gull,three eiders, one gray goose, and four littlebrow^n-breasted waders (something like a snipebut found swimming), — all of them newto us. On the shore where we landed was thewinter hut of a reindeer hunter, a miserable,sod-covered hovel built close to the watersedge. In this hut were the furs of polar bearsand arctic foxes ; on racks outside hung manyreindeer skins, and barrels nearby were filledwith the salted meat. Scattered about werethe carcasses of the animals, — a foul, ill-smelling camp indeed. Weather as on the previous day. COAL BAY, ICE FIORD TOWARD ADVENT BAY,ICE FIORD Saturday, June 30 After midnight, or rather toward i a. m., themen went ashore to the small lake about amile inland where we found the king eider,in hopes of seeing another, but the one shotwas evidently a solitary specimen. Theykilled two gray geese, three longtailed duck
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