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I lay awake for more than three \n\nhours after K.R. passed on, hence I
have felt rather weary to-day.
This is the first day that I have assigned
as the earliest on which the steamer
might be looked for. We have seen
no sign of her yet - 4:30 p.m. - and
I do not really expect her to come
before the 25th. North Star Bay itself
is still covered with last winter's
ice in place, but the ice is become
ing very rotten and there are big
holes and pools in it, while a lead
has opened all the way across
from the outer side of the Una-
\n\nake to the "Torrent", as Ekblaw and
Janquary call the exit of the stream
coming down from the main ice.
cap, beyond the promontory called
"Petovisc", off which the "North Star" wintered.
Called on Rasmussen in the evening.