Sledge Journey in Winter. 185 
On arrival at Camp Ridley I found Mr. Hanson’s 
condition very critical He grew daily worse and 
worse, and took very little nourishment; he was 
also rather low-spirited. 
I had then been away from Camp Ridley seven 
weeks, and already on the 7th October, not trusting 
the ice conditions for sledge journeys much longer, 
and wishing to get Ellefsen and Must back to the 
TERMINATION OF 
THE MEDIAL MOR- 
AINE AT DUGDALE 
GLACIER. ^ d 
main camp, they being still at the stone hut, I 
decided to set out again alone with a team of dogs 
and some provisions, to assist them. Оп arriving 
at the stone hut in Midwinter Camp, I found them 
away. After a brief meal I wrote Pacem the 
necessary instructions, left the dogs and sledges at 
the hut, packed some provisions in my knapsack, 
and started back on ski to the main camp, where 
