[Journal], 1915-1916
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built for himself Monday night - We did not rest long but pushed on without waiting then for the moon - The making of the tea on a primus stove pro- tected from drafts by two blocks of snow formed a picturesque sight. Incidentally, the condensed milk was scorched by putting boiling it into the kettle of water in a frozen lump. Sukkan is just south of Ekbław Glacier and contains three old igloos which are not oc- cupied this winter. The land trail to Par- ker Snow Bay (Jaggisok) leads up over the glacier from Sukkan. We jogged slowly along the front of the glacier and when near its northern point encoun- tered the big lead which we were afraid of. There it was, 20 to 40 feet wide, stretch- ing as far as we could see toward Coniell Rock - Ahnqumalokto turned to the left away from the glacier, though it was evident that Ahnqurodoblak wished to turn toward the glacier. I did