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... march . Fortunately , their old track showed up , and where their fur - clad feet had pressed down into the snow the force of the blizzard had swept the snow away all round , and little nine - inch - long shapes appeared , standing ...
... march . Fortunately , their old track showed up , and where their fur - clad feet had pressed down into the snow the force of the blizzard had swept the snow away all round , and little nine - inch - long shapes appeared , standing ...
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... March 29 , 1912 , Scott managed very painfully to write . . every day we have been ready to start for our depot 11 ... March 5 , with a log fire burning in the big open hearth and a peasant woman as cook - one who really can cook — my ...
... March 29 , 1912 , Scott managed very painfully to write . . every day we have been ready to start for our depot 11 ... March 5 , with a log fire burning in the big open hearth and a peasant woman as cook - one who really can cook — my ...
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... march on tea and pemmican as last night - we pretend to prefer the pemmican this way . Marched for 5 hours this morning over a slightly better surface , covered with high moundy sastrugi . Sledge capsized twice ; we pulled on foot ...
... march on tea and pemmican as last night - we pretend to prefer the pemmican this way . Marched for 5 hours this morning over a slightly better surface , covered with high moundy sastrugi . Sledge capsized twice ; we pulled on foot ...
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