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Then he cried: "Attention to the roll-call!" Rapidly and in a low voice he began calling off the muster of the Freja's men and officers, giving the answers himself. "Adler here; Blair here; Dahl here; Fishbaugh here; Hawes here; McPherson here; Muck Tu here; Woodward here; Captain Ward Bennett here; Dr. Sheridan Dennison here; Chief Engineer Richard Ferriss " no answer.

Frank Norris - A Man's Woman

Here the number two sledge was left, and the entire expedition, dogs and men, returned to camp to bring up the number one McClintock loaded with the Freja's cutter and with the sleeping-bags, instruments, and tent. This sledge was successfully dragged over the first two hummocks, but as it was being hauled up the third its left-hand runner suddenly buckled and turned under it with a loud snap.

Frank Norris - A Man's Woman

In less than three minutes, and while the Freja's men stood watching, the level stretch toward which since morning they had struggled with incalculable toil was ground up into a vast mass of confused and pathless rubble. "Oh, this will never do," muttered Ferriss, disheartened. "Come on, men!" exclaimed Bennett. "Mr. Ferriss, go forward, and choose a road for us."

Frank Norris - A Man's Woman

Now it was irrevocable. "... Hansen died during early morning.... Dennison breaking down.... "... December 5th Sunday Dennison found dead this morning between Adler and myself...." The vision became plainer, more distinct. She fancied she saw the interior of the tent and the dwindling number of the Freja's survivors moving about on their hands and knees in its gloomy half-light.

Frank Norris - A Man's Woman

The three great McClintock sledges, weighted down with the Freja's boats and with the expedition's impedimenta, lay where they had been halted the evening before.

Frank Norris - A Man's Woman