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[[stamped]] CAMP WELLMAN, DANE'S ISLAND, SPITZBERGEN [[/stamped] [[stamped]] JUL 2, 1909 [[/stamped]] Friday Wind N - strong & cold with some snow in the air. Yet sun shines at times. Men Started to raise the Tower today. afternoon it became much colder & continued to spit snow First Arch completed and ready to raise Froze & made ice today This climate is fierce Bay full of drifting ice