566 Conferences and letters used up the whole night and I did not get to bed till 7 a.m. of Wednesday. 19 January, Wednesday. (Written 22°) Another day of bad weather, keeping the party from starting and enabling me to do some more of the ne- cessary writing without feeling that I was delaying the men's journey - Temperature -5°. Snowy, thick. Windy outside the igloo. I was up at 9 o'clock, but later made up some of my sleep. Very hard to work in an igloo with so many people around. 20 January Thursday (Written 22°) Weather colder and clearing. Party decided could start. Temp -15°. No- wind by noon. Finished letters and cables and to N.Y. Tribune, but failed to write to Reeds as intended or to Ros nursing I am sorry to say-.