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the shore; then ferried across the open water upon a cake of ice,
and finally hauled for a distance of about a mile over the surface
of the ice in the Bay to the ship's side where it was hoisted on
board and deposited in the hold.
On the third day a heavy timber drag was constructed for the
large aerolite upon which it was placed and secured then slowly
transported upon iron rollers over a rough plank tramway laid
along a rude road bed which the Eskimos had graded for me by roll-
ing away stones in places, and in others filling them in. In this
way the aerolite was brought to the upper end of the snowdrift.
Then after midnight when the surface of this drift was frozen
firmly, it was moved down to the shore where a huge cake of ice
40 ft. long by 20 ft. wide by 7 It. thick had been securely
moored to receive it. Upon this novel ferry boat it was floated
across the open water to the bay ice where a dock had been out to
receive it. Once on the bay ice progress was continued upon roll-
ers running on a plank tramway until within a half a mile from
the ship when the work was expedited by splicing all spare ropes
together and carrying them out from the ship, using the winch for
tractive power. As soon as the prize was alongside all possible
speed was made in hooking on to it with the ship's tackles and
purchases; but before this could be completed the ice gave way
under the great weight, leaving the aerolite only partially se- I
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