[Journal], 1915-1916
Page 95
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507 the window of the igloo last night and burst the mattress sheet. A rather serious matter with the temperature at -19, the wind blowing and almost no seal blub- er on hand. Ineliak was over here this afternoon and I loaned her one of my primus stoves and gave her some solid alcohol and candles. Captain Piestels gave her some candles and kerosene, saying that he would keep her supplied with oil if I let her have a stove. The engine oil experiment in the Eskimo store did not result very successfully. Ahnugodoblako started out with some real meat and blubber for Pudtlak when he left Cape York last Friday, but he had to cache most of it at Arpat on account of the leads in the ice. Pudtlak is going to try to get it tomorrow, but the storm now on makes the prospect dubious. Inel.