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On Tuesday the third of August we arrived in Upernivik again, with Melville Bay safely behind us. And we knew that our trip would have to end right there as we could not fix the leaks in the Morrissey. Coming down she had been leaking about ten gallons a minute. That in itself wasn't so bad, but the danger was that at any minute it might get worse, especially if any strain came or we hit ice or anything else.
It was my turn at the pumps when we came in. When the engine was not running we had to pump almost continually, for the engine itself used up water from the bilge in its cooling system with a rig Robert Peary fixed up, which helped the pumping a lot.