The Great Frozen Sea: A Personal Narrative of the Voyage of the "Alert"

CHAPTER XXI. THE ROUTINE OF SLEDGE TRAVELLING.

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Departure of the sledges, 258; first camp, 260; intense cold, 262; arrival at the autumn depôt, 263; the parties separate, 264; duties of cook, 265; sledging breakfast, 266; luncheon, 266; halting for the night, 268; evenings in the tent, 270.