
AMATEUR PHOTO BY A, J. STONE. 
ISEANDS> IN Goa VeEVARID ARG Re 
Luckily we were traveling with the storm, 
or we could not have progressed at all; 
the wind actually carried the dogs, loaded 
sleighs and ourselves. On one occasion 
my team and I completely changed posi- 
tions. I being the tallest, the wind could 
take a better hold on me, and my snow 
shoes acting as runners, I was soon in the 
lead. Holding fast to my pushing stick 
attached to the top of the sleigh, I took it 
backwards with me, dragging the entire 
dog team after the sleigh. We were car- 
ried rapidly in this manner for 200 yards 
and lodged among some drift ice with 
such force as to bruise me considerably. 
The scene. however, was such a comical 
one I could not resist laughing, even 
though I felt considerable pain. Blinding 
clouds of snow were carried in the fury of 
the storm, in such quantities as to often 
make it impossible to see objects a few 
feet ahead of us. None of the party suf- 
fered seriously with cold, though the heat 
from our bodies, coming in contact with 
the low temperature of the atmosphere at 
the surface of our clothing, formed such 
quantities of ice as to give us the appear- 
ance of walking blocks of ice rather than 
of men. The storm abating near nightfall, 
we enjoyed a comfortable camp in a well- 
protected clump of spruce timber. 
So far the winter has been mild for this 
latitude—60° north. The coldest weather 
recorded at the post was 36° below, and 
the coldest I have experienced while trav- 
eling 30° below zero, or 62° of frost. I 
have rather enjoyed my winter traveling. 
The cold is far preferable to the midsum- 
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mer mosquito; but there are many points 
to be considered in winter travel in the 
North. You must see that your feet are 
well-clad in woolens. Keep them, as well 
as your body, especially clean. Do not 
ignore your bath because of the cold; for 
dirt on the skin or the clothing next to it 
will aid frost to do its work. Travel with 
your body comfortably but lightly clothed, 
for you will wanttotravelrapidly,and ifyou 
stop to make camp you are liable to be- 
come chilled. Travel lightly clad during 
the day and maintain a speed sufficient to 
keep you warm. Have with you a deer- 
skin or all-wool mackinaw capote to put 
on when you stop to make camp. Then 
go at your camp work with a will, as if 
you liked it, and unless you do you should 
not undertake Northern travel. , With one 
of your snow shoes scrape aside the snow 
in a sheltered spot, gather a few pine 
boughs and bed down your dogs. Do 
not leave them to chill and shake on top of 
the snow; neither allow them to hang 
around the camp-fire, for if you do they 
burn the only coat they have and bake 
themselves until they become unfit to 
withstand the cold. 
You can now use the same snow shoe to 
shovel the snow from your own camp. 
Note which way the wind blows and 
govern yourself accordingly in locating a 
place for your fire. You are then ready to 
put down a layer of spruce boughs on 
which to sleep. Now select some good 
dry wood, cut sufficient for the night 
and carry it to camp. Do not be stingy 
about this; the wood only costs the cut- 
