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"Job fixed up for dinner" a (196
fine "smother" of seal meat and lugs
with salt pork, potatoes and onions.
We all enjoyed it. Kahweaksuch
at my request brought me a lote
of the liver of his seal, which I am
keeping frozen to eat thus as a tidbit.
15 February. Thursday_
B, N 27; B, E 3; B, N 27; B, N 27; B, N 27
-17; -17; -19.8; -17; -14.1. min -16.2; max -5
Three mile walk after noon, across fjord.
Wind ENE in frequent strong gusts
(7 or 8). Southern sky very bright:
Northern sky roseate in hue.
Mac climbed Thermometer
Hill again but did not see the
sun, though conditions were some
what better than they were yesterday.
Strong red in south but sun did
not penetrate the horizon mist.
Temp. -23° and NE wind strong (8).
Bad on the ice cap, Mac says.
Worked mostly in vocabulary.
16 February. Friday
O, N 27; C4, NE 6; O,S, NE 6; B, N 25; B, N 3
-17; -19; -19; -16.8; -14. min -21.3 max +9
Four mile walk at midday. Pee-wah-
to's Point. Calm under lee of cliffs.
Beautiful day, but Mac could not