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miles we made camp, the boys
building a very peculiar shaped
teepee, one new to me, but the
shape of ellipse and having
two bed platforms. It was
called a turnau-ah-ah,
which means like the
inprint of a brand in the
snow. Evidently hard to build
as they had a vast deal of
trouble to make the long walls
stay up.
I learn today that a snow
aug wit 2 a snow bank is
called a mai-you-ah.
We celebrate the date
of the discovery of the Pole
by having condensed coffee
and a small drink of whiskey
as I can only use a half
can of condensed coffee. For
zip of us els strength will
not keep us awake.
We are covering nearly two
degrees of longitude a day! At the
equator this would represent 120
miles, but here it is only 25.
A degree at the 76th Parallel means
12.5 miles. The distance around
the earth here would be only 4500