Our conversation now is principally conjecture as to what can have happened to the other parties.

We have various ideas." Saturday, March 13, was another day spent in the sleeping-bags.

A blizzard was raging and everything was obscured.

The men saved food by taking only one meal during the day, and they felt the effect of the short rations in lowered vitality.

Both Joyce and Wild had toes frost- bitten while in their bags and found difficulty in getting the circulation restored.