Sukoi (Lean).
Borup.
Rabchick (Grouse).
Ostre Nos (Long Nose).
Makaka (Monkey).
Chorne Stareek (Black Old Man).
Peary.

_Note._--Borup and Peary were from the American North Polar Expedition
puppies. Borup was used in Dimitri's dog team which got right on to the
Beardmore Glacier, but Peary was never any use except for the other dogs
to sharpen their teeth on. He was a regular pariah.

Apart from the sledge dogs, we had a bitch called Lassie for breeding
purposes, but she was a rotten dog and killed her puppies, so we might as
well have left her in New Zealand, where we got her.

The dogs came through the winter very well, and during blizzards they
merely coiled themselves up into round balls of fur and let the snow
drift over them. Meares and Dimitri kept a very watchful eye over the dog
teams, and protected them against the prevailing winds with substantial
snow-shelters, always taking the weaker or sick animals into the annexe
where Birdie kept his stores, or else into the small dog hospital, which
was made by Dimitri and perfected by Meares.

The sun returned to us on the 22nd August. We were denied a sight of it
owing to bad weather, for on the 22nd and 23rd August we had a blizzard
with very heavy snowfall, and the drift was so great that, when it became
necessary to leave the hut for any purpose, the densely packed flakes
almost stifled us. We hoped to see the sun at noon on the 23rd when it