with me. Hence the main part (225 of my caravan is arranged for. But I hear that Ahngyodibloo- as'oq also wants to go, and perhaps I shall have an em- barrassment of piches! The party came over the ice cap from Selwaddi to the cave south of Hayes winter quarters. They say that it is all right and that the sea ice is exceptionally good south of Selwaddi. They say the ice cap was cold. 18 March Sunday. Ice 64.5" -19; -12; -9.6; -10.4; -13.1 min. -24.9; max -8 0, N 25; S, E 4; S, S 4; S, E 3, 13, 21 av. -12.82 Janchingwa and Dungeets say that they wish to start back tomorrow; hence I have spent the day - i.e., be- tween seismograph time and dinner drinking my alcohol and trading tea for the trip, in order to send two good loads on to Ooloogset by them. It looks as if I were going to have close to 900 lbs of stuff to transport, but only about 160 lbs of this is bag- gage, the remainder being food, fuel and trading material. I shall have to have three kahmatiks all right, though my loads will grow lighter from Oomanag onward. Ahneenah has made me a fine new sleeping bag today, having