There was snow everywhere, but it was all carefully cleaned up … We started off at 9:45 and had good going for only a few miles, after which it got soft. It did not take long for the dogs to play out and we stopped at four, after covering only eight or ten miles. We went up a high hill and saw open water in the straits. We will have to stay where we are until the weather becomes colder and a crust forms on the snow … The Eskimos tell us we would be able to make the post from here in one day, and we hope to start again in the morning. We are tired, but anxious to move to the post. The weary travellers again were at the mercy of the weather. They were a desperate group that had felt the adrenaline rush when they left Dishwater Point, but now their hopes melted just as quickly as the ice. October 23 dawned warmer than the previous day. The Eskimos told the Domex men to remain in bed, which they heartily agreed to do. One of the igloos caved in for the second time in two days, creating the necessity to build another.
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