74 PLAN AND PREPARATIONS 



brothers. The materials proved excellent in every way. 

 The hut was 26 feet long by 13 feet wide; its height 

 from the floor to the ridge of the roof was about 

 12 feet. It was built as an ordinary Norwegian house, 

 with pointed gable, and had two rooms. One of these 

 was 19i feet long, and was to serve as our dormitory, 

 dining-room, and sitting-room; the other room was 

 6i feet long, and was to be Lindstrom's kitchen. From 

 the kitchen a double trap-door led to the loft, where we 

 intended to keep a quantity of provisions and outfit. 

 The walls consisted of 3-inch planks, with air space 

 between; panels outside and inside, with air space 

 between them and the plank walling. For insulation 

 we used cellulose pulp. The floor and the ceiling be- 

 tween the rooms and the loft were double, while the 

 upper roof was single. The doors were extraordinarily 

 thick and strong, and fitted into oblique grooves, so 

 that they closed very tightly. There were two windows 

 -a triple one in the end wall of the main room, and 

 a double one in the kitchen. For the covering of the 

 roof we took out roofing-paper, and for the floor lino- 

 leum. In the main room there were two air-pipes, one 

 to admit fresh air, the other for the exhaust. There 

 were bunks for ten men in two stages, six on one wall 

 and four on the other. The furniture of the room 

 consisted of a table, a stool for each man, and a Lux 

 lamp. 



One half of the kitchen was occupied by the range, 



