This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...the Steward was carried and while I made tea for the party the men dug out of the snow two barrels of coal and a case of emergency rations, and put them on a sledge in place of the canoe which we cached alongside the one we found there. I knew that there were provisions in the two houses at Camp Ziegler, but was not ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...the Steward was carried and while I made tea for the party the men dug out of the snow two barrels of coal and a case of emergency rations, and put them on a sledge in place of the canoe which we cached alongside the one we found there. I knew that there were provisions in the two houses at Camp Ziegler, but was not sure that we would find coal there and so provided for that contingency. The canoe I did not expect to use in continuing my march north, for it was then the last of October and I trusted that the temperature would remain low and that the channels would be frozen between Alger Island and Teplitz Bay. It was seven days since the sun dropped below the horizon for the winter, and the periods of twilight were daily growing shorter. At 3.15 P. M., when we left West Camp, the gloom of night was upon us, clouds helping to darken the air. But our dogs smelling the fresh tracks in the snow were all excitement and followed the trail at a rapid trot. We passed over the six miles that separated us from Baldwin's old headquarters in less than an hour and a half reaching the huts in the darkness. Our arrival was heralded by a number of dogs that came out in the gloom, and greeted us and our teams with joyful yelps. We could just distinguish a heap of snow out of which protruded the tops of the houses and a chimney from which a cheerful smoke was escaping. Through a hole in the snow, a dim light was shining and against it stood the form of Mr. Peters. We shook hands, and, after our sledges were arranged and the dogs set free from their harness, we went down into the warm interior where I was glad to see Vedoe and Mackiernan. Mr. Peters told me that he had been delayed on Hooker Island by open water in Young Sound and had arrived at Camp Ziegler only four days b...
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