Field note book[s], Crocker Land Expedition, 1913-1915
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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