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the caches along the trail from Shipwreck Camp 
could be drawn on while the ice was suitable for 
travel. By June the birds would be back again, 
and always the polar bear and the seal were re¬ 
liable sources of supply. 
One curious thing about the Siberian journey 
which Kataktovick and I now had before us was 
that apart from the meagre information in the 
“American Coast Pilot,” which was much of it 
based on reports many years old, I knew about as 
much about Siberia as I knew about Mars. I felt 
quite certain, however, that there were natives 
dwelling along the coast on whom we could if nec¬ 
essary depend for food for our dogs and our¬ 
selves. 
The weather continued fine and clear nearly all 
day on the fourteenth, as it had been for so many 
days past, but towards night clouds began to come 
up from the south and I felt that some change in 
the weather was likely to take place. The wind 
began to blow and by the next morning had be¬ 
come a gale. We devoted the time to drying out 
our clothes, mending them and making what altera¬ 
tions might be necessary. 
We had three igloos, the Munro-Hadley parties 
in one, Kerdrillo and his party in another and Mc- 
Kinlay, Mamen, Kataktovick and myself in the 
