By reason of the industry of all hands on the upward voyage, everything was now ready for the fall work.

The Eskimos had built the sledges and made the dog harnesses, and Matt Henson had finished the "kitchen boxes," which enclosed our oil stoves in the field, while the busy needles of the Eskimo women had provided every man with a fur outfit.
In the North we wear the regular Eskimo garments, with certain modifications.

First of all, there is the _kooletah_, a fur jacket with no buttons, which goes on over the head.

For summer wear the Eskimos make it of sealskin, but for winter it is made of fox or deerskin.
For our own use, we had jackets made of Michigan sheepskin.

We took the skins up with us, and the women made the garments, but when it was very cold we wore the deerskin or foxskin jacket of the Eskimos.