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28 April Saturday
Very comfortable night at
Bjomeloy - house of heavy plank
about 10 ft sq + 6 ft high -
side - slight gable - faces south.
I think - built in 1905. Wooden real
entrance.
Early morning clear & beautiful
but soon became overcast &
lazy - started on mountainous
at 10-40 overtaken by K about
(C) muqseik)
12, am at igloo about 1 k-
+ had seal meat + coffee. Marku
It was going to stay clear night
time but looked so threatening
of snow that we stayed out
for an hour & listened on.
Good going in the recent
leahnoo-like tracks + we saw
ed Eskimos soon & came
into clear weather again.
Climate very local -
Am. at second igloo about
8k by my watch - found
I hr slow & turned ahead