from east (ice cap) at 4 p.m. [4] Sight S.W. breeze at 5. strong, warm wind from ice cap (S.E.) increas ing. A strange day. Temp. min. +10°; 9a. +18°; noon, +17°; 3:30p. +22°; 4p. +38°; 4:30p., +21°; 9 p.m. +30°. Unusual variations. Out alone for walk to snowdrift glacier, a half mile out along the southern shore and back to the ship,- about 5 miles in all. Too warm for my kamikis to be really comfortable. About 6 o'clock Sigdler ar- rived from Umanak. Crossed sev- eral leads en route. Has been de- layed all this time by the open water and thin ice. Eskblau left U- manak for Etah on the 20th February. Sigdler brought the net- sha wh. I have had made for me.