CARLSON'S WINTER DOG-SLED EXPEDITION 



March 7 



Sometime during the night the wind from the 

 southeast began to blow at gale velocity and 

 brought the temperature up to 39°. The snow was 

 blowing over the lake surface and the other snows 

 were fast melting. We were delayed several hours 

 while having to repair Mathias's sled. At ten 

 o'clock we were again on our way. The wind was 

 now so strong that the dogs had to be led every 

 foot of the way. The temperature was at 22° and 

 stratus clouds were coming rapidly from the 

 south southeast. At noon we got our first glimpse 

 of the glacier. Snow was blowing off in great 

 clouds that cover the mountains. The air tempera- 

 ture was not low enough to dry the snow and it 

 stuck to our clothing and there melted. To make 

 matters worse, we were now all wet through. 

 Travel was made difficult by a thin crust of ice on 

 the lake, beneath which there was three inches of 

 water. The dogs refused to go through this water, 

 necessitating our circling the shores. The dogs' 

 feet were bleeding and Mathias was worried about 

 them. 



One hundred yards from the ice-cap Hansi fell 

 through some thin ice into four feet of water. 

 Luckily he was wearing furs and I was able to get 



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