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[[stamped]] CAMP WELLMAN, DANE'S ISLAND, SPITZBERGEN [[/stamped]] [[stamped]] JUL 4 1909 JUL 4 1909 [[/stamped]] Sunday- Independence day= Wind very strong from S, a Gale, Cloudy & chilly After supper I invited the men from the Pike House over and gave them a concert on the Phonograph which was enjoyed by all at 11 P.M. Wind still Hauling from the South. About the coldest day yet the water [[melts?]] drive up to cold. a two days S. Gale yet raging.