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system and pushed it a bit across a fjord to a tiny bay that looked like it would be sheltered from what I could see on the map . And again , because of the unseasonal weather , there was still an ice shelf just above the high water mark on most bays and beaches I visited . And this particular bay only had one spot where it was possible to land and drag Scorp up and over .
The temperature had dropped considerably , and whitecaps were appearing in the bay behind me , so I was keen to get the tent up and out of the biting wind . As I often found when I ’ d spotted a suitable site , the Inuit had been there before me – stone circles indicating where they ’ d made shelter hundreds , possibly thousands of years before . It was somehow reassuring to get this historic validation of my choice of campsite .
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