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on the success of the whole expedition that we had to do 

 all that could be done to get it right. 



The four who had stayed at home had accomplished a 

 fine piece of work. Framheim was hardly recognizable 

 with the big new addition on its western wall. This 

 pent -house was of the same width as the hut 13 feet 

 and measured about 10 feet the other way. Windows 

 had been put in two of them and it looked quite 

 bright and pleasant when one came in; but this was not 

 to last for long. Our architects had also dug a passage, 

 5 feet wide, round the whole hut, and this was now 

 covered over, simply by prolonging the sloping roof 

 down to the snow to form a roof over this passage, 

 On the side facing east a plank was fixed across the 

 gable at the required height, and from this boards were 

 brought down to the snow. The lower part of this new 

 extension of the roof was well strengthened, as the 

 weight of snow that would probably accumulate upon 

 it in the course of the winter would be very great. 

 This passage was connected with the pent-house by a 

 side-door in the northern wall. The passage was con- 

 structed to serve as a place for storing tinned foods and 

 fresh meat, besides which its eastern end afforded an 

 excellent place to get snow for melting. Here 

 Lindstrom could be sure of getting as much clean snow 

 as he wanted, which was an impossibility outside the 

 house. We had 120 dogs running about, and they were 

 not particular as to the purpose for which we might 



