COLT 
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were walking whereas the Siberians had from six¬ 
teen to twenty-two dogs to each team and could 
therefore ride on the sledges and travel at good 
speed. 
Shortly after we passed these men, we stopped 
and built our igloo for the night. We debated 
how we should manage about the two new dogs 
that we had acquired that day, whether we should 
tether them outside or take them into the igloo 
with us. I did not feel like taking any chances on 
leaving them outside so we brought them in, with 
their harness still on. When we lay down to sleep 
we tied their traces together and lay on the traces. 
We had had a long and active day and soon fell 
fast asleep. The temperature outside was about 
fifty below zero. Sometime during the night I 
woke up, feeling pretty cold. There was a big 
hole in the side of the igloo. The dogs had worked 
their way out of the harness and got away. We 
had some tea and as soon as it became light enough 
I sent Kataktovick back to the aranga where we 
had obtained the last dog, which we called Colt; 
I thought it likely that the other dog would stop 
there, too. I told Kataktovick to get the man to 
harness up his sledge and ride back with him to 
save time. Several hours later Kataktovick came 
back with Colt and his late owner and we put Colt 
into our team again. The other dog, however, they 
