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tea and after drinking this and
eating pemmican and taking a
walk to the top of the island we
turned in in our sleeping bags. The
sun did not set.
Apr 23-14. Littleton Island.
Doc was up before five and
out chasing rabbits. He came
back with one and we made
tea and started for Lifelboat Cove.
Here we kicked around "among
the ruins" and got one or two
souvenirs from the Polaris win-
ter quarters. We hunted rabbits
on the way back to our tent
at Littleton Island and lay
down for a nap when we got
there. It was 17 below zero and
a north wind made sleeping
rather uncomfortable. About 6pm
AM we decided to start for home
so we reloaded our toboggan
but left the tent, stove, a little
oil, a little pemmican and a
pair of snowshoes on the rocks
on the northeast end of the