EASTWARD ALONG THE TUNDRA ni 
The morning was very bright and fine. We got 
away at ten o’clock with our four dogs and our 
sledge, and a native came along with us. He had 
very little on his sledge, which was small and light, 
and he rode a good deal. We walked as usual, not 
wearing our snowshoes where the snow was no 
deeper than it was along here. The going was 
pretty good. The sun was shining; there was no 
wind, but it was very cold. For a while our dogs 
kept up a good pace but they soon slowed down. 
During the afternoon we passed two more 
arangas where we had some tea. All through 
the day I had the greatest difficulty in keeping my 
hands from being frozen; I cannot explain why. 
I had never had any trouble that way before but 
now it was only by making the most frantic efforts 
and keeping constantly alert that I was able to 
prevent their freezing. The temperature, I should 
guess, w T as between fifty and sixty below zero. 
We travelled along well all day and at sunset built 
our snow igloo. I was surprised to find that our 
companion knew nothing about cutting out snow 
blocks and that with the Siberian Eskimo building 
a snow igloo was evidently a lost art. On their 
travels from place to place along the coast they 
very seldom venture out unless the weather is 
fine, and they can always reach another aranga 
by the end of the day, so they have no need, I found, 
