for a sledging trip tomorrow. At two thirty ten Eskimos arrived on four komatikke from Kukan and Igloolahony. They had been so anxious to get up to see us that they did not waited for the moon but came in the dark. Sat Dec 6-13 This morning all hands turned out early to help make excitement for the departing Explorers. Jity & Ek have been "getting ready" since last Monday morning for this trip. They left about seven A.M. with Zita, Ahphela, Ahwagingwah, Sipon and Peswahis, with five komatikke loaded with erewene, dog and man pemmican, and biscuit, for Annaratok, - a distance of about thirty miles up the coast. The supplies will be cached there for use on the Crocker Land trip. Mene, Oolah, and the doctor also left camp this morning, this latter party gong south to Dominolee where Doc will visit several sick people. Panicpa and Ahtukungwah went south with them, Alto- gether eight komatikke left. I started the plant early in the morning, befor breakfast, and charged the batteries all day. The engine consumed 13 gallons of kerosene;