NORTH POLE OF THE WINDS 



of scantling two inches by four inches in cross 

 section and twelve feet long, the pieces lightly 

 nailed together for convenient handling. Some- 

 what later these were replaced by four boards eight 

 inches wide and twelve feet long, varied at times in 



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favor of a roll of heavy water-proofed canvas for 

 the outside cover of roof and walls, or the unwieldy 

 fifty pound rolls of balsam wool for the insulation. 

 It was a tour de force, which we at first found very 

 arduous, but which later, as we became hardened 

 to the work, thought none too difficult ; and to carry 

 two such loads each day to the summit of Mount 

 Evans was not exceptional. 



Herz and Kallquist, who remained on the sum- 

 mit, erected the frame of the hut, taking on Erlan- 



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