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which we had left behind, and drive them in to Baadsfjord again. 

 Hassel was to go with Isachsen, surveying. 



After breakfast on Friday, October 13, we all started off. The 

 going was not first rate, and the weather very indifferent, with a 

 northerly breeze and driving snow. 



All the men who were remaining behind came out on the ice 



VIEW OF SOUTH CAPE. 



to say good-bye and see us off. In a community of fourteen it 

 makes a great difference when eight go away, and this time every- 

 body seemed to feel it more than they had ever done before. We 

 could not help remembering what had happened during former 

 absences, and here and there perhaps were signs of suppressed 

 emotion. 



The dogs had been well fed for a long time, and they now 

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