CARLSON'S WINTER DOG-SLED EXPEDITION 



have brought along for just such an emergency. 

 The dogs will be led around the hill. 



"After two hours of back-breaking pulling and 

 hauling we had scaled the two cataracts, and the 

 dogs were now given a chance to pull. After a 

 mile of travel, part of the time over the water- 

 covered ice on the river, we halted at a fork in a 

 meander stream. At six-thirty we pitched the tent 

 in a driving rain. A little later when the wind had 

 abated, I climbed a nearby hill to view the land 

 ahead. I could not see the ice-cap, due to the low 

 stratus clouds, but I did see that we would have 

 several more cataracts to scale. After supper the 

 rain ceased and the temperature began to fall." 



The following is from Carlson's diary: 



March 6 



During the night a light snow fell which was 

 a godsend when we had to leave the river. When 

 we broke camp at seven-thirty we were enveloped 

 in a dense fog that showed no signs of lifting. The 

 temperature had dropped to 21°. A mile from 

 camp we scaled the first of the cataracts which I 

 had seen last evening. We carried our packs and 

 the dogs were able to drag the empty sleds. From 

 this point we traveled upward for several hours 

 helping the dogs to pull the sleds. At one o'clock 



