96 THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE KARLUK 
northwest wind kept the snow spinning over the 
ice and there was still only a brief twilight in the 
middle of the day. As soon as they could see their 
way around in this half light, I had all hands at 
work picking up the odds and ends scattered about 
on the ice and had a tent erected to house the sup¬ 
plies sledged from the ship on the previous night. 
In this tent, into which no one was allowed to 
go but McKinlay, who acted as a kind of stock- 
clerk, and myself, were placed the following sup¬ 
plies which will show how well equipped we were 
with the essentials for life in the Arctic: 
70 suits Jaeger underwear 
6 sweaters 
8 dozen wool shirts 
200 pairs stockings 
8 bolts of gaberdine 
6 fleece suits 
4 Burberry hunting suits 
2 large sacks of deer legs 
2 large sacks of waterskin boots (sealskin 
boots for shedding water) 
100 pairs of mukluks 
100 fawn skins 
1 dozen hair-seal skins 
2 ugsug skins 
20 reindeer skins 
6 large winter reindeer skins 
50 Jaeger blankets 
20 mattresses 
On the floe itself and arranged to be easily acces¬ 
sible were: 
