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Two slightly rolling days and we saw our last of Hudson Strait. The nights were gorgeous- clear skies, dotted with stars, while to the north the moon sat and made its gleaming path in to us over the oily swells--and the shadows of the rigging against the sails were black and wierd. But this was the least part: From the dome overhead, extending down over half the sky, were the ever shifting spectral curtains of the aurora. What a sight they are up here as their pale deathlike green glow spreads and contracts again in restless streamers, often with glowing red on the edges. It is a sight that has no equal nor anything even to compare it tc. They kill the efficiency of the radio. SEPTEMBER 23- Friday Out of Hudson Strait and down beyond Mugford, the swell was tremendous- the remnants of a great storm the week before. All susceptible hands were under the weather and our progress was dis- couraging. Twenty miles or less a day. The first calm day was beautiful and warm. Many pictures were taken on deck, then George and Barney and I shaved our three months beards. We afforded amusement to all the ship and of course look entirely different. Yesterday, we stopped at Turnavik again. There were several families there now and many split cod out drying on the rocks. It is certainly the most unique place on the Labrador !

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