They spent most of the time walking to and fro to keep warm.

At last, when they were exhausted, they turned the sledges on their sides, the Eskimos worked out with their feet snow blocks which reinforced the shelter, and they were able to snatch a little sleep.

When the weather cleared, they found themselves half a mile from their igloo.
The day following Borup's return, the captain came in with his men and Marvin's supporting party of four.

We were just beginning to be worried about them, as the ice of Robeson Channel in the dark of winter is not the safest road for a sledge party.

The captain reported that they had been only six hours in crossing the channel; but, though he had reconnoitered the whole plain of the Polaris Promontory, he had seen no musk-oxen.
By the end of January we could see a faint redness in the south at noon, and the twilight was increasing.