443 Alakutziak brought in a kamatik load of grass to-day for Inetliak to dry for our kanites. He was pleased at re- ceiving a half plug of tobacco for the ser- vice. Inetliak's pronunciation of the boy's name sounds more like Al-a- ko-ti-ak, with k guttural like the Ger- man ch, spoken softly and slurringly. Breakfast. Oatmeal, baked beans, bread, butter, molasses, coffee. Dinner. Vermicelli soup, hard tack, corned beef, seal meat, dehydrated potatoes, brad, butter, Tea, molasses. We added a can of our own peaches. The seal was boiled after all and though cooked too much was better than the baked stuff. At midnight the wind is rather heavy from the southeast. Makes an awful decrease in the comfort of the ship- / December. Wednesday. Dark, dismal day. Sky cloudy