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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