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Cape Thomas
th trail. He & I got our tent-tent over a drift
by some pressure ice & he made a small igloo.
This igloo awared up rapidly & we could
not keep an air hole open as a result the
storm would not blow & one-er was a failure.
We tried to go out but the wind & snow
made it unfeasible. Finally we were in danger I
being over-thrust we cut a hole in the snow &
P went out telling me to stay inside.
He built another small igloo on top of
the first one which was snowed up. He said
my dog came out, but did not tell me he'd dug
his own.
When we finally got out in a lull in
the storm I found my team had been buried
under about 15 ft of snow. We dug in vain
Finally we got to the hummock top just ahead of
the upland side of my sledge & rescued my hold
& films.
Later we had more trouble with the storm:
The storm came on again. P. & I were both
made sick by it, finally in the ill ventilated igloo.
P told me Mrs's storm were as good & the
all of Rosser's things were better than ours.
He said also that he didn't believe she would
get everything promised him for his work.