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570
21 January - Friday (Written 22d)
Fine morning. Walked out to the
point, a mile or more afternoon. Temp.
- 17° . Breezed up after 3 p.m. with
a south wind that filled the air with
icy snow particles and looked bad
for our party for a time. Mock
moon effect fine, five mock moons
beside the cross and the circles.
Wind stopped blowing about six o'clock
and the evening was clear and
beautiful. Ahngnodoblako came
in about 9 p.m. and was followed
shortly by Ahngmalakito. The old
man said that they encountered
so much soft snow that they
did not reach Cape Melville on the
first march though they passed far
beyond Brushnan Island. Snow
was too soft for building snow
house, Peter used the tent.
Ahngnodoblako had not