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72 370 miles—an average of 18 miles a day. We entered the pack with 342 tons of coal and left with 281 tons; we have, therefore, expended 61 tons in forcing our way through—an average of 6 miles to the ton.

These are not pleasant figures to contemplate, but considering the exceptional conditions experienced I suppose one must conclude that things might have been worse.


 * 9th. Loose streams, steaming.
 * 10th. Close pack.
 * 11th. 6 close pack, stopped.
 * 12th. 11.30 started.
 * 13th. 8 heavy pack, stopped; 8  out fires.
 * 14th. Fires out.
 * 15th.
 * 16th.
 * 17th.
 * 18th. Noon, heavy pack and leads, steaming.
 * 19th. Noon, heavy pack and leads, steaming.
 * 20th. Forenoon, banked fires.
 * 21st. 9 started.
 * 11 banked.
 * 22nd.
 * 23rd. Midnight, started.
 * 24th. 7 stopped.
 * 25th. Fires out.
 * 26th.
 * 27th.
 * 28th. 7.30 p.m. steaming.
 * 29th. Steaming
 * 30th. Steaming

These columns show that we were steaming for nine out of twenty days. We had two long stops, one of five days and one of four and a half days. On three other occasions we stopped for short intervals without drawing fires.

I have asked Wright to plot the pack with certain symbols on the chart made by Pennell. It promises to give a very graphic representation of our experiences.