April 5B, 1909
MARCH: Calendar | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11, B, C, D | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25, B | 26, B | 27, B | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 APRIL: 1, B, Bv, C | 2, B, C | 3, B | 4, B | 5, B, C | 6, B, Bv, C, D, E | 7, B, C, D, E, F, G | 8 | 9 |10, 10v | 11 | 12-13 | 13-14 | 19-20 | 20-22 | 22-23, B | 24 | Home
North Pole coats, suits, tents, cookers at Sportsman's Show, with [inserted: male & ] female attendants in Eskimo costume. Take Jo to Canada for fur cloak, also coat cap & gloves for self. Ask Usina & Delafield about specialists in selling patents. (sleds [inserted: snowshoes] & coats) The natives complain of it & at every camp are fixing fixing their clothes about the face, waist, knees & wrist. They complain of their noses, which I never knew them to do before. it is keen & bitter as frozen steel. Light air from S during first of march, veering to E & freshening as we camp. Another dog expended here. Tomorrow if ice & weather permit, I shall make a long march, "boil the kettle" midway, & try to make up the 5 miles lost on the 3rd
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