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have seriously impaired our chances, as the men of that 

 division could not have boiled the tea which is abso- 

 lutely necessary for work in those low temperatures. 

 Kyutah, the Eskimo who had gone back to land with 

 his broken sledge, came in during the night, but Kud- 

 looktoo failed to put in an appearance. Thus the end 

 of our first day over the polar ice found the expedition 

 one man short. 



