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B, C,
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5, B,
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...his saving me hundreds of petty annoyances, & because I felt it
appropriate in view of England's magnificent Arctic work covering ____
years that a that it should be a British subject who could boast that
next to an American he had been nearest to the Pole.
[calculations] dividing 133 by 23,
multiplying 17 by 7, and subtracting 85-48 from 87-47 to get 120.
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...the journey, sledges thoroughly overhauled &
strengthened, dogs the pick of 133, & dogs & men in training. It is the
time for which I have reserved all my energies, & I feel tonight as if I
was in trim & equal to the demands upon me of the next few days.
Assuming the Captain's figures to be correct we are 133 miles from the
Pole, Nine marches same average as our last 8, or 8
equal to the 3 from 85˚ 48' or less than 6 like yesterday's will do the
trick. Weather clear, N. wind continues, temp in -30˚ Esks. eating dog
all day as they worked on
[Vertically in margin:] Bartlett has done good work and been a great
help to me. I have give him this post of honor because he was fit for
it, because of his handling of the R- because of...[continued
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