Sank took my Brunton compass - About 3 p.m. the whole party got away in good shape under the bright light of a moon only one day past the full. There were Green, driving his own kamatik, Janquay as passenger with Harrigan, Allen as passenger with Jatiak, Peter, Rosenauer and Pingasut. Ahngrodobloho and Ohingualokto went along as sup- porting party for one day's march, and Egingwah and Erik as supporters for two days. This insures a good supply of dog food for the crossing of the bay. I started out on Green's kamatik, in- tending to ride a mile or so with him and walk back. Ekblaw came too with Peter. The snow however was soft and eight to twelve inches deep, making the draft too hard for the dogs and promising a hard walk back. Hence after about 200 yards of riding I got off, once more said good bye and good luck to Green and repeated my