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and there were plenty to be had, as several hundreds of 

 them lay about on the ice. 



After the rather long sea voyage, and the cramped 

 quarters on board, I must say it was a pleasure to have 

 fii'm ground under one's feet and to be able to move 

 about a little. The dogs evidently thought the same; 

 when they came down on to the ice, they rolled in the 

 snow and ran about, wild with delight. During our 

 whole stay a great part of the time was spent in ski- 

 runs and seal-hunts, and an agreeable change it was. 



Sunday the 15th was spent in setting up tents at the 

 first dog-camp and at Framheim, as the winter station 

 was named. A team of dogs was used, and, as they 

 were unused to being driven, it is not surprising that 

 some lay down, others fought, a few wanted to go on 

 board, but hardly any of them appreciated the serious- 

 ness of the situation or understood that their good time 

 had come to an end. On Monday all the dogs were 

 landed, and on the following day the supplies began to 

 be put ashore. 



The landing of the cases was done in this way: the 

 sea-party brought up on deck as many cases as the 

 drivers could take in one journey; as the sledges came 

 down to the vessel, the cases were sent down on to the 

 ice on skids, so that it all went very rapidly. We 

 would not put the cases out on the ice before the 

 sledges came back, as, in case the ice should break up, 

 we should be obliged to heave them all on board again. 



