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Outfitting in Edmonton 19H.A. 0 (Harry) Warner(left) and Judge LucienDubuc, aboardSS Distributor, 1924.PAAA3709 (detai/).After supper Gwen sketched from our window while I sat dreaming on theterrace, with beautiful lights twinkling across the river.Next day we bought rifle ammunition, brandy, mosquito bars to pitch aboveour sleeping bags and other oddments. Then we bought our Mackenzie Riversteamer tickets. They wanted us to pay for berths and meals by daily reckoning onboard. Having heard that unmelted ice would often cause delays, we stood out forthe original quotation and paid about £.35 each for the whole trip to Aklavik.Then we cashed large cheques. Since there were no banks in the northern settle-