Sledge Journey in Winter. 161 
We roasted the heart of a seal, and the heart of 
another we ate raw. 
The dogs were completely snowed down and 
froze fast to the ice. Some of them had eaten the 
straps of their harness to free themselves, but were 
still unable to move on account of being frozen to the 
BORCHGREVINK IN HIS SLEEPING BAG. 
ice. No land could be sighted anywhere. Up to 
the 31st July I had seen nothing of the party which 
was to have followed us up. It was a cold job that 
morning to dig ourselves and our tent out of the drift. 
The temperature was — 32, and we suffered from 
frost-bites. We again proceeded onwards on com- 
paratively good ice. In the evening I discovered an 
island to the south, and reached the western side of it 
an hour after dark. We were then very hungry and 
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