[Journal of the Crocker Land Expedition "Q"], 1913-1914
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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