Being much exhausted, too, by labour and long fasting, he was more susceptible than he would otherwise have been to the influence of cold, so that it chilled him at once, and produced that deadly lethargy from which, but for the timely aid of his companions, he would never have recovered.
The arrangements for supping and spending the night made rapid progress, and, under the influence of fire and animal heat--for the dogs were taken in beside them--the igloe became comfortably warm.

Yet the snow-walls did not melt, or become moist, the intense cold without being sufficient to counteract and protect them from the heat within.

The fair roof, however, soon became very dingy, and the odour of melted fat rather powerful.

But Arctic travellers are proof against such trifles.
The tarpaulin was spread over the floor, and a tin lamp, into which several fat portions of the walrus were put, was suspended from a stick thrust into the wall.

Bound this lamp the hunters circled, each seated on his blanket-bag, and each attended to the duty which devolved upon him.