THE RETURN OF MAMEN 
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would be able to land there. I hoped that they 
would keep on to Wrangell Island and carry out 
their instructions. 
Mamen’s journey back to camp was much faster 
than the shoreward journey, because they had 
more light and could sleep in the igloos they had 
built going in. The last day back they had made 
a wonderful march, leaving their igloo at the 
earliest twilight and coming all day; they had not 
even stopped to eat since they had broken camp. 
They had relieved each other at driving the dogs. 
As soon as they got their clothing well dried out, 
I decided to send Mamen and the Eskimo back to 
the island to locate the mate’s party. At the same 
time they could move supplies along the trail, for 
now that the road was made, the going would be 
easier. 
The evening of the fourth Murray came to me 
and said that the doctor’s party planned to leave 
the next day. The fifth opened clear and calm 
and the doctor, Murray, Beuchat and Morris got 
away about nine o’clock, hauling their sledge-load 
of supplies along the trail. 
Later on Chafe and Williams got in. They had 
landed their supplies safely at the fourth camp and 
set to work at once, drying out their clothing and, 
with the help of all the rest of us, preparing for 
the next shoreward trip. On the way back to the 
