CHAPTER XY 
THE RETURN OF MAMEN AND THE DEPARTURE OF 
THE DOCTOR’S PARTY 
February 3 dawned fine and clear. There 
were a few narrow leads of water near Shipwreck 
Camp; the ice was constantly cracking here and 
there around us as the wind veered and changed in 
velocity and as we were still drifting we heard 
many a crashing or grinding sound. Our own 
floe was intact, but wherever the ice opened beyond 
the edges of the floe the open water would make 
young ice again and this was not always heavy 
enough to withstand the constantly recurring pres¬ 
sure. 
At half past eight Chafe and Williams left with 
a Peary sledge, four dogs and the following sup- 
plies, to leave at Mamen’s fourth camp: eight tins 
of Hudson’s Bay pemmican, one case of Under¬ 
wood dog pemmican, two cases of biscuits, one case 
of coal oil, together with seventy days’ food for 
themselves and the dogs, a camping outfit, empty 
pemmican tins and flags, to place on the ice rafters. 
All day long we kept a lookout for Mamen and 
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