CHAPTER II
THE VOYAGE BEGINS
On June 17, cheered on our way by the good wishes of the people among whom we had spent a pleasant month, we left Esquimault for Nome. The trip north was a memorable one for me, for I had never been up the Alaskan coast before and enjoyed the beautiful scenery. We reached Nome July 7 and remained there until the thirteenth, taking on supplies that had come up on the mail-boatVictoriafrom Seattle and transferring supplies from theKarlukto the dock for the two other ships of our little fleet.