The mighty Frost King had ascended his throne and was asserting his relentless power.
Presently all the world would be kneeling at his feet.
Buckskin moccasins with heavy blanket duffle socks of wool took the place of sealskin boots.

The dry snow would not again soften to wet them until spring.

The adiky, with its fur-trimmed hood, took the place of the jacket, soon to be augmented by sealskin netseks or caribou skin kulutuks.
"The Bay's smokin'," David announced one evening as he came in after feeding the dogs.

"She'll soon freeze now." In the days that followed the smoke haze hung over the water until, one morning, the Bay was fast, and the lapping of the waves was not to be heard again for many months.
The nine sledge dogs were in fine fettle.

Handsome, big fellows they were, but fearsome and treacherous enough.