590 the water below a big crack in the ice. Saw Venus, Jupiter and Vega at 1:30 p.m. Dr. Hunt and two Eskimo youths came in about 4 o'clock, having come over from Umanak in less than eight hours. Dr. H. reported ice best he had ever seen it to be for so great a distance. Emenyak (astmy) Aroka (sammik) The mate could not get the thickness of the ice to-day because the ice chisel was lost early in the first week. Chopped with ax through 32" of ice, without seem- ing to get nearly through. 31 January. Monday. Bad storm all day. Heavy N.E. wind. snow: Temp. min.-20°; 9a.-18° ; 1p.-16° Too stormy to permit taking a walk. Dr. Hunt examined me carefully with his stethoscope and pronounced my heart all right organically, but me advised to guard myself against shock from extreme cold and to avoid extreme