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26 February. Monday. (207
B,D,ES; B,D,ES; B,D,M5; B,N,S5; B,D,N,S aw.-18.94
-12.5;-14j-16;-15;-22.2 min.-22.5, max 9.9.
On account of wind and drift walked only
2+ miles at midday, going over to
point opposite Dog Island. It is fine
to have the bright sun light again.
Sammik and Ahwegeea have not come
back yet (9.15 p.m.), hence we infer
that conditions on the ice cap were too
bad for the other Eskimos to try to cross
the Cape Alexander glacier.
Did some work on C.L.E. Relief article
27 February. Tuesday. aw.-20.66
B,D,N,5; B,D,N,S; cy,N,4; B,N,2; B,N,8
-22;-22;-21;-19;-19.3 min.-25; max -14.1
Four mile walk about midday. Plewah-
to's Point. wore Kooletaq and nanuok
and was very comfortable, except
that my nose got rather cold.
Sammik and Ahwegeea came
in about 3:30 p.m., shortly after
we had finished dinner. They
brought back some dog food and
one of them got two hares. They
report that the ice has gone out again
south of the islands and that they
had some ice foot work to do. The
other Eskimos had not started south-
ward when the boys left Weank-
dahanmi.
It has been rather cold in the house
today, being 460 in my room till I
brought in the Florence stove and raised the
temperature to 55°