If the mental weariness of waiting came to him he plunged at once into the tasks of the day.
There was plenty to do, although they had prepared themselves so well before the great snowfall came.

They made rude shovels of wood and enlarged the space they had cleared of snow.

Here, they fitted stones together, until they had a sort of rough furnace which, crude though it was, helped them greatly with their cooking.

They also pulled more brushwood from under the snow, and by its use saved the store they had heaped up for impossible days.

Then, by continued use of the bone needles and sinews, they managed to make cloaks for themselves of the bearskins.