88 Elsemere Land Wed Thu Fri Feb 11th 12th 13th 1914 Then three days new experiences that I have always wanted. They were not any too pleasant but were well worth while. Jack and his division had joined mine and we travelled about 100 miles in three months from Tays harbor to a point just east of the big island in Hayes Sound. At the end of cold march we would camp on the ice with no shelter except that made by the bomb-th loads. The temp. varied from 25° to 51° below zero. We had no tents and the natives could not build igloos in account of the extreme softness of the snow. The temperature in this day was from 35° to 50° below zero. February Saturday 14th 1914 From the 14th to the 17th we were caught on the east end of the island in Hayes Sound. The men hunted seals there but refused to go on. They said that the dogs were going to die and that they must see Alas. They believed that The permican was not sustaining the animals. All except three or four men refused to go on when Joe arrived. It as once decided to return and reorganize. I + 3 stayed one a day with Alf, Billy and