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their backs, which protrude a little, become exposed. In strong 

 wind they lie huddled together for mutual comfort and warmth, 

 and even when they lie a few inches apart, which they often do 

 when the snow is drifting to any extent, so much warmth is 

 generated that the other parts of their bodies do not suffer. 



This time two of the dogs, in particular, had suffered much 

 from the cold; the chief of these being ' Nergaard,' who had 

 large sores on his back from frost-bite. He was only a year and a 



THE ' FRIENDLY ONE,' LEADER IN BAUMANN'S TEAM. 



half old, was born on board, and was now on his first long journey. 

 Meanwhile it was not only on account of the weather that the 

 dogs suffered during these days, although prolonged snowy weather 

 with wind is almost the worst thing that can happen to them. In 

 weather of this kind a ration of one pound is too little for such 

 big and strong animals, and no matter how sustaining the food 

 may be in itself, the quantity is insufficient. We could see this 

 by the dogs, which were beginning to grow rather thin, especially 

 the bigger of them. ' Gammelgulen ' had tried to rectify matters 



