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"warm spell" are either compacted [into] so hard as to be
traversable material or are completely dissipated
by the heavy winds! The atmospheric
changes are rich in valuable studies but
have barely [find means of sustaining our] strength to carry on our
routine observations.

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Two attempts [were] have been made by my order
to reach the huts (* both failed and both I
firmly believe for want of [pluck] nerve. [THe thing
is perfectly feasibly, and of essential necessity
I have not thought enough to carry a sledge
and can no longer, on account of the snow,
trust to denuded ice. My own two
attempts, made in the midst of the darkness,
convince me that the thing can be done.
Oh that I [had beef to my bones!] dared leave these poor devils for but one week. But there are dangers here too. I am left the only
man on board, a modest assertion, God
knows I wish it was not a true one.
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The interior of our den has under
gone a complete reorganization, daylight = twilight
is admitted, a drying stove added to our
gally and this latter veteran made to
carry off our undue smoke and vapours.
So much for the actual changes of the
month. -- March opens upon us tomorrow.
Pray God that his reign may be short and
a mild April put an end to our winter.

(* Petersen Id. 3 Hans & Godfrey Id. 15. p. 301