BARTLETT'S FARTHEST 
ing in the water, but in order to loosen the 
ice-particles, so that he could shake them off. 
Poor brute, it was no use, and in a short while 
he commenced to develop symptoms of the 
dread piblokto, so in mercy he was killed. 
One of the Esquimo boys did the killing. 
Dangerous as the crossing was, it was the 
only place possible, and we succeeded far 
better than we had anticipated. Beyond the 
lead we came to an old floe and, beyond that, 
young ice of one season's formation, similar 
to that which had been encountered earlier in 
the day. Before us lay a heavy, old floe, 
covered with soft, deep snow in which we 
sank continually; but it was only five p. m. 
when we reached the Captain's igloo. Antici- 
pating the arrival of the Commander, we built 
another igloo, and about an hour and a half 
later the Commander and his party came in. 
March 28: Exactly 40° below zero when 
we pushed the sledges up to the curled-up 
dogs and started them off over rough ice 
covered with deep soft snow. It was hke 
walking in loose granulated sugar. Indeed 
I might compare the snow of the Arctic to 
the granules of sugar, without their saccharine 
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