forms this evening, for which (204 we are glad since our own supply of fresh meat is well-nigh exhausted. Lot has given us an exceptionally severe dose of pro-German talk this afternoon. There is no such thing as convincing him or stopping him and his statements and ar- guments are amazing for their inaccuracy and at times for their shrewdness. It seems as if this storm had give us at least 15 inches of snow on the level. I estimate that we have had perhaps 6 feet of snow thus far this winter, but there seems to be no way of measuring the amount of fall in this windy place. 24 February. Saturday 0,N 21; 0,N 22; 0,0; B,N 1; B,N 3 -4; -3.6; -2; -4.2; -4.2 min -4.2; max +1.14r -3.6 Out on snowshoes at midday for walk of 3+ miles around outer bay. A little berg has been driven in nearly to the edge of the old ice. Some of the Eskimos went out onto the new-ice today, and now they say that "perhaps" they will start southward tomorrow. Traveling is an uncertain enter- prise up here all right! It was not dark at six p.m. today.