noon
Once more the expedition returned to the morning 's camping-place , and , harnessing itself to the third McClintock , struggled forward with it for an hour and a half until it was up with the first sledge and Ferriss 's flag . Fortunately the two dog-sleds , four and five , were light , and Bennett , dividing his forces , brought them up in a single haul . But Hawes called out that the broken sledge was now repaired . The men turned to at once , reloaded it , and hauled it onward , so that by noon every sledge had been moved forward quite a quarter of a mile . But now , for the moment , the men , after going over the same ground seven times , were used up , and Muck Tu could no longer whip the dogs to their work . Bennett called a halt . Hot tea was made , and pemmican and hardtack served out .