However, with such stoves in the south one would never lack cooked food or warm hut.
Discussed with Wright the fact that the hummocks on sea ice always yield fresh water.

We agreed that the brine must simply run down out of the ice.

It will be interesting to bring up a piece of sea ice and watch this process.

But the fact itself is interesting as showing that the process producing the hummock is really producing fresh water.

It may also be noted as phenomenon which makes _all_ the difference to the ice navigator._5_ Truly the getting to our winter quarters is no light task; at first the gales and heavy seas, and now this continuous fight with the pack ice.
8 P.M .-- We are getting on with much bumping and occasional 'hold ups.' _Tuesday, December_ 13 .-- I was up most of the night.