Perrault said nothing. They still had six hundred kilometres to travel, and he hoped very much that his sledge-dogs had not caught rabies from the Indian dogs. The harness was torn and damaged and it was two hours fore they were moving, travelling slowly and painfully over the most difficult country that they had been in to The Thirty Mile River was not frozen. It ran too fast freeze. They spent six days to find a place to cross, and every step was dangerous for dogs and men. Twelve times they found ice bridges across the river, and Perrault walked carefully onto them, holding a long piece of wood. And twelve times he fell through a bridge and was saved by the piece of wood, which caught on the sides of the hole But the temperature was 45 below zero, and each time Perrault fell into the water, he had to light a fire to dry and warm himself. Once, the sledge fell through the ice, with Dave and Buck, and they were covered in ice by the time Perrault and Francois pulled them out of the river. Again, a fire was needed to save them. Another time, Spitz and the dogs in front fell through the ice Buck and Dave and Francois atthe sledge had to pull backwards. That day they travelled only four hundred metres.