stefansson-wrangel-09-25-007-016

16, The entries from Janu ry 22 to Jm u.< <ry 27 are routiffi« the making of clothing, tending of fox traps, etc. On Janua ry 28: "They’re off. At 9:10 A.II. , a nice olr r d y, warmer than usual nd ail ip their f vor. They were going due south when last seen, and were soon out of sight*" This c; p is very comfortable and little wood goes a long way. Y eturday nd tod; y, I hve been busy fixing the place up, making it convenient for two people, Now we are well fixed until the enow starts to melt in the spring. All of tho boxes outside will then have to he cleaned out {the snow removed from thorn), the roof and walls of the house dug away, and numerous other things will keep us busy. If only a hear would wander into camp, we would he fixed in greet shape, for with only two of us nd no dogs a be; r would go a long way. In a couple of months, the females will he coming out of thoir holes with their cubs and then we should have plenty of meat. My left leg just above the taee is consid- erably swollen and is giving me some pain. Whether it is from scurvy or not, I am not sire, and although it does not 1 y me up, it makes moving rathe • painful. Pr sh meat will fix me up, I whole a cheerful entry, and also one which gives an newer to many of the questions th-t h ve been sited since the tragic outcome w s published. Pew of the theories th t h ve pie sed the journ: 1- Janur ry 29: "Blowing a howling gale from tho east. am sure. This, the d• „ swathe o r ty left, is on the A