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IVE of the men were gathered in one of the snow huts after an absolutely bootless day.

"We've got to get out of here," Latham said desperately.

"Where to?" McNeal questioned practically.

"We can't get through the winter here."

"Then we can't do it anywhere else. This is the Eskimos' country. They know it. If we can't get along with them giving us food, we'll be worse off by ourselves with no one to help us."

Eric Hedon looked about; he had been warming his fingers, which were frostbiddenfrostbitten [sic] badly.

"It doesn't seem to me a problem as to whether we ought to get out," he suggested quietly. "I should say it was rather the 259