BY SLEDGE AXD KAYAK 30 1 



in a canoe, became soaked with water, and my ' koma- 

 ger' gradually filled. After having dragged the seal 

 up to the tent, ' flensed ' it, collected all the blood which 

 was to be had, and cut it up, I crept into the tent, put 

 on some dry underclothes, and into the bag again, while 

 the wet ones were drying outside in the sun. It is easy 

 enough to keep one's self warm in the tent now. The 

 heat was so great inside it last night that we could 

 hardly sleep, although we lay on the bag instead of in 

 it. When I came back with the seal I discovered that 

 Johansen's bare foot was sticking out of the tent at a 

 place where the peg had given way ; he was sleeping 

 soundly and had no idea ot it. After having a small 

 piece of chocolate to commemorate the happy capture, 

 and, looking over my observations, we again settled 

 down to rest. 



" It appears, remarkably enough, from our latitude 

 that we are still on the same spot, without any farther 

 drifts southward, in spite of the northerly winds. Can 

 the ice be landlocked } It is not impossible ; far off 

 land, at any rate, we cannot be. 



"Thursday, June 27th. The same monotonous life, 

 the same wind, the same misty weather, and the same 

 cogitations as to w hat the future will bring. There was a 

 gale from the north last night, with a fall of hard granular 

 snow, which lashed against the tent walls so that one 

 might think it to be good honest rain. It melted on the 

 walls directly, and the water ran down them. It is cozy 



