box of provisions.
The dog teams went off to the wreck early each morning under Wild, and the men made every effort to rescue as much as possible from the ship.
This was an extremely difficult task as the whole of the deck forward was under a foot of water on the port side, and nearly three feet on the starboard side.

However, they managed to collect large quantities of wood and ropes and some few cases of provisions.

Although the galley was under water, Bakewell managed to secure three or four saucepans, which later proved invaluable acquisitions.

Quite a number of boxes of flour, etc., had been stowed in a cabin in the hold, and these we had been unable to get out before we left the ship.

Having, therefore, determined as nearly as possible that portion of the deck immediately above these cases, we proceeded to cut a hole with large ice-chisels through the 3-in.