THE ROOSEVELT'S ESCAPE 179 



they have to stay in the snow igloo until the fury is 

 over. If there is no igloo near them, they build one 

 just as quickly as they can when they see the storm 

 approaching, or, if there is not time for that, they have 

 to make a dugout in a snow bank. 



Thursday, the 26th of November, was proclaimed 

 to be Thanksgiving Day in Grant Land. For dinner 

 we had soup, macaroni and cheese, and mince pie made 

 of musk-ox meat. During the December moon Captain 

 Bartlett, with two Eskimos, two sledges, and twelve 

 dogs, went out to scour the region between the ship and 

 Lake Hazen for game. Henson, with similar equip- 

 ment, went to Clements Markham Inlet. Borup, with 

 seven Eskimos, seven sledges, and forty-two dogs, set 

 out for Cape Colan and Cape Columbia. Dr. Goodsell 

 started at the same time with three Eskimos, two 

 sledges, and twelve dogs, to hunt in the region from 

 Black Cliffs Bay to James Ross Bay. The parties 

 were to use the regular arctic ration of tea, pemmican, 

 and biscuit, unless they found game, in which case they 

 were to use fresh meat for both men and dogs. In 

 addition to the hunting, supplies for the spring sledge 

 work were to be moved from one cache to another along 

 the coast. 



To give variety to the work, the men who remained 

 with the ship during one moon went into the field the 

 next. The ship's men, engineers and sailors, seldom 

 went on hunting trips but remained with the ship, 

 attending to their regular duties and sometimes help- 

 ing with the work of equipment. 



I had in my cabin a good arctic library — absolutely 

 complete as regards the work of later years. This 



