The Foreign Service Journal, February 1941
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A few days before tain’s shower was stuffed with boxes of books, skis, Greenland to them had been nothing but a geo¬ snowshoes. rubber boots and duffle bags ftdl of graphical extreme mentioned in a well known hymn parkas, woolen underwear and heavy socks. But in -now it had suddenly become their destination. spite of its load it pitched and rolled its way to St. They were bound for Godthaab, a place name which Johns with such gusto that we thought we’d never somewhat to their surprise they were able to locate know the meaning of the word horizontal again, ex¬ on a map. there to establish the first American Con¬ cept in the very unsatisfactory relative sense of a sulate I the first Consulate of any kind, in fact) ever body in a bunk (when it wasn’t pitched out onto the to be set up in the land of the icy mountains. deck). But during a day’s respite in St. Johns we Their dazed state was due to the suddenness with decided we’d live and indulged in such manifesta¬ which the future had overtaken them. On May 1 the tions of what already seemed another life as an Department announced that an American Consulate automobile ride through green and pleasant coun¬ would be provisionally established in Greenland, tryside. hot baths, and cocktails—all courtesy of the and on May 10 we left for our new post. Between hospitable Consul General, Mr. Quarton. those dates preparations were carried on with a Another few days of pitch and toss found us one speed disgracefully out of keeping with the tradi¬ morning off the west coast of Greenland. It was tional dignified tempo of the State Department, and foggy but we stumbled onto land, identified our with a thoroughness and efficiency which landed us position and soon were entering Arsuk Fjord, on the in Greenland with a few overdoses—we found 18 shores of which Ivigtut is located. The fog soon rulers for the two of us, for instance—but only one lifted and the sun joyously and brilliantly exerted lack, we were not given a single letter size envelope. itself on brown gray barren mountains tastefully Getting assembled and on board ship in ten days’ decorated with patches of snow. Just in time to time complete office equipment, from impression complete the picture there suddenly appeared on the seal through red ribbon and consular sanitary re¬ scene a genuine Eskimo—pardon me, Greenlander port forms to the Lawyers Directory, plus essentials —in a genuine kyak. We slowed down and he pad- of furniture, plus six months’ food supply, plus died up alongside of us but the only comment he necessary arctic clothing, is, we found, enough to had to offer on the situation was a series of not very cause a flutter in the Department and to daze any expressive grunts. At any rate he served as a tan¬ two average consular officers. gible check on Coast Guard navigation and, confi- 65 dent that compass and stars had led us to Greenland that he was in Copenhagen rather than Greenland; rather than West Africa, we continued up the fjord.