69 Chingwah began work on his sledge when they had finished. Got is to have charge of the workshop - and help in the work; and Doc has volunteered to wash dishes to help in the work. Tank and Sren went for a walk up towards Sunrise Point, and saw that the ice north of there was all gone, the wind had broken it up, and the sea was dashing up on the ice foot in great shape. I repaired the engine and ran for about an hour today. Will run again tomorrow. Essayo seems much better today. Mon. Dec 29th '13. I ran the engine today for several hours and got the batteries up into good condition again. It was so windy this morning that Ek and Kudlukits did not start on their trip. I had the morning watch and had quite a time with the dogs who were trying to eat the skin lashings on the kamatiks; which the wind had blown down from the boxes on which they had been placed. Doc stayed up till nearly five a.m., and got me started on cheese. Everybody else is playing it, I think I shall have to get in the game too.