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Max 11.2 Min -5.2 All hands busy at various small jobs about camp. The sea is covered by rough young ice. Fresh breeze from N.E. Clear.
Max 17.8 Min -7.5 Blosing a strong gale from the N.E. Unable to do any work out side. All the ice left the beach
Max 15.0 Min 1.0 All hands went with the sled & dogs to our two caches of bear meat to the Westward. The large bear & cub killed by Galle & Maurer was all eat eaten by birds and foxes. The first bear, Killed by Maurer & I had all been packed home by us excepting the head and neck which we brought. Also hauled some wood on the way to camp. Only scattering cakes of ice to be seen. Blowing fresh breeze from East with drifting snow. Cloudy & warm. The land is practically barren of snow but as soon as possible the auxillary trapping camp will be established
Max 23.8 Min 5.5 Inside all day. Blowing a gale from the East with drifting snow. A little young ice came in during the night. Very warm and the roof of our house is melting. Cloudy.
After making the entry last night for yesterday
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Max 30.0 Min 11.06 xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxxToday we hauled ice & cut wood. I started to make a sled for wood hauling out of lumber brought from Nome. The sea covered with young, broken-up ice. Fresh breeze from the East. Warm. Partly clear.
Max 30.5 Min 16.5 Crawford and Galle, each with a back pack started at 1 P.M. for the mountains to climb the large mountain North of our camp. We have been calling this mountain "Berry Peak" as shown on the map, but East of us can be seen another mountain, which may be "Berry Peak", and until we are sure of our location we do not know which is which. The explorers will leave a record and monument on the mountain and Crawford intends to do some geological work. I worked on the wood sled & Maurer put in a floor in the tents of split logs. Cloudy & light breeze from the N.E. Sea is ice covered to the horizon
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Max Min Crawford & Galle arrived at camp at 8:30 P.M. It was blowing so hard in the mountains that they could not climb the highest of them. I worked on the wood sled & Maurer cut wood. Maurer & I went out on the ice about a quarter of a mile today and found it very badly broken up. Very warm & cloudy. Snowing. Strong breeze from N.E.
Temp not taken Nearly finished wood sled today. Others at general duties. Cold & clear. Light breeze from N.W.
Max 30.8 Min -3.5 Galle set out 10 traps to the Westward on the tundra. Galle (after he came home) built a snow home for storing purposes. I also worked on wood sled. Maurer cut wood and cleaned a bear skin. Dog feed is getting low so tomorrow I am going off shore to a large lead and try my luck at sealing. Clear. Cold & Calm all day. But now (10 P.M.) Cloudy & warm. Light breeze from North.
1 fox Galle went to his traps and found two traps gone. He got one fox and coming home in the dark he got slightly lost and saw a bear while wandering around trying to find his way home. He did
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Max 15.0 Min -2.0 not shoot it altho we are rather short of dog feed. He says that he did not know where he was so let bear go. The rest of us at general duties. Warm light breeze from the East. Cloudy.
2 foxes Max 18.1 Min +.4 Galle & Crawford went to traps & got a raven & two foxes. There are numerous ravens about here and they are a great nuisance. I finished the wood sled today. Maurer & I hauled ice & cut wood and Maurer cleaned & stretched a bear skin to be used for mittens. Cloudy and warm. Light breeze from the East.
Max 23.4 Min 12.8 1 fox Blowing a gale from the East with drifting snow. Galle went to traps today and got 1 fox. The rest of us stayed inside. Our seamstress is working rather well xxx skin mittens. The plans are for Crawford & Maurer to establish a camp about 12 or 15 miles to the East for trapping purposes. Our plans were for them to be at the camp by Nov 1 and we are rather late. As soon as some snow comes along comes a blow and away goes the snow, consequently
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sledding is impossible. If anything like present conditions had been anticipated a month ago every thing could be taken to the camp site by boat. The ice so rough that sledding on it is impossible unless a road is made by a tremendous amount of work. There is nothing to do but wait and grab the first opportunity for traveling. Blowing gale from E. Cloudy & warm
Max 15.4 Min 6.3 1 fox Maurer & I hauled wood Galle to his traps. 1 fox. Crawford at work about camp Fresh breeze from East. Cloudy.
Max 14.0 Min 9.4 Maurer & I went out on the ice today looking for open water, but found none. Saw serveral fox tracks and one old bear track. Galle got nothing in his traps today. xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx Fresh breeze from East. Cloudy, warm & snowing. Land bare of snow