our party went up last fall ('91) to set our stakes. The men had gotten two teams of dogs up by means of steps cut in the hard snow. Then both teams were fastened to a long piece of agloony, and having a comparatively level surface to work on, pulled two loaded sledges singly up the steep bank. Poodlouna fastened his almost empty kommatik to the second loaded sledge and then drove his team right up the side they getting aid enough from the tow to enable them to negotiate the slope. I went on up to our line of stakes. I thought that I could detect a sag in the middle of the line, but there was not light enough for me to see clearly and be certain. Here I found Latiaq and his party, after hearty good byes, I climb- ed down the glacier here and walked all the way home, - a good eight miles in all, I should think. Late ice is bare of snow and would furnish good skating.