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August 6th, Friday Nice weather for America Start. 12 Noon notified Captain of Arctic to be ready to go to sea in 4 days All hands back to day shift again. That is night gang until 12 N. P.M. Wind in North I began preparation of food for Balloon. Yaught [[yacht]] Monylgen from Tromso came in but no mail for anyone.