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than anything else. Whatever results may happen 

 from our wintering in this exposed manner, other voy- 

 agers should not follow our example. Walked with 

 Dr. Moss and Aldrich to Cape Sheridan : light wind, 

 temperature minus 15° ; it was rather stinging to our 

 faces while crossing the land ; but near the ship our 

 walk along the floe was more protected, and we scarcely 

 felt the cold at all. 



' The upper deck having been completely housed 

 over, the thermometer screen has been removed from its 

 position inboard to a snow pedestal, twenty-three feet 

 from the ship, raised four and a half feet above the floe. 



'November 1st. — After the monthly medical inspec- 

 tion to-day, Dr. Colan reports everyone in perfect 

 health with the exception of one man, the wardroom 

 steward ; he should never have been brought here. 

 A glass of beer is now issued in the evenings twice a 

 week. On the other five evenings a second allowance 

 of rum will be issued during the winter. 



' The dinner-hour has been changed from noon to 

 1 p.m., in order to keep the ship's company out on the 

 ice during the lightest part of the day. 



' On Sunday church is over by 10.30 a.m.; all hands 

 are then started off for a walk. School was com- 

 menced this evening on the lower-deck, all the crew 

 attending. Commander Markham, and Mr. Pullen, 

 have the general superintendence ; all the officers are 

 instructors when other work does not prevent their 

 attending. The lower-deck is dry and very comfort- 

 able. Only three men in our crew can neither read nor 

 write; these are instructed by Dr. Colan, who certainly 

 has the most monotonous work of all. 



