But with all his enthusiasm for this kind of work, he was still inexperienced in the many treacheries of the ice; and I was not willing to subject him to any further risks.

He had also, like MacMillan, frosted one of his heels.
It was a serious disappointment to Borup that he was obliged to turn back; but he had reason to feel proud of his work--even as I was proud of him.

He had carried the Yale colors close up to eighty-five and a half degrees, and had borne them over as many miles of polar ice as Nansen had covered in his entire journey from his ship to his "farthest north." I can still see Borup's eager and bright young face, slightly clouded with regret, as he turned away at last and disappeared with his Eskimos and steaming dogs among the ice hummocks of the back trail.
A few minutes after Borup went south, Henson with two Eskimos, three sledges, and twenty-four dogs began to follow Bartlett's trail to the north.

Marvin and myself, with four Eskimos, five sledges, and forty dogs, were to remain in camp twelve hours longer in order to give Bartlett one march the start of us.

With the departure of Borup's supporting party, the main expedition comprised twelve men, ten sledges, and eighty dogs.
From this camp on, each division comprised three men instead of four; but I did not reduce the division daily allowance of tea, milk, and alcohol.