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Inside the hut we pitched a dry tent left there since Depôt Journey days, set two primuses going in it; sat dozing on our bags; and drank cocoa without sugar so thick that next morning we were gorged with it.
The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913 Apsley Cherry-Garrard 1922
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