but to abandon the huskies at the base. Devastated and betrayed, Kuramochi stormed out onto the deck of the icebreaker and looked out into the direction of the base which lay many miles away. With a heavy heart, he began screaming out the names of the dogs and cried out that he was sorry for failing to bring them back home. Meanwhile, at the base, the huskies had eaten the last of the food left for them and began struggling to break loose from their chains. As Sōya sailed away from the continent bound for Japan, Riki and three other dogs (Deri, Anko, and Jiro) managed to loosen their collars and break free. Back in Japan, news of the huskies being abandoned brought condemnation from the public. The government also began deliberating on cancelling the third Antarctic expedition. 8. "Our Heroes Have No Glory" All eleven members of the First Japanese Cross-Winter Antarctic Expedition team reached back safely to Japan. Most of them went back to their respective jobs before embarking on the Antarctica expedition. Kuramochi quit his university job and went on a mission to Hokkaido to meet with the owners of the abandoned Sakhalin huskies to share with them about the contributions made by their dogs in the expedition. Most refused to talk to him and bitterly accused him of abandoning their dogs on the continent to die. Initially, the Furutachi kids who owned Riki also refused to talk to him, but later on they responded and forgave him after learning that Riki had saved his life during the Botnutten expedition. In the meantime, Shirasaki took it upon himself to persuade the government to proceed with the organizing of a Third Japanese Antarctica Expedition. Kuramochi, seeing this as an opportunity to return to Antarctica and bring back the stranded sled dogs, was determined to join the third expedition team. Meanwhile, back in Antarctica, Riki, Deri, Anko, and Jiro returned to the base to check on their chained companions. Four more dogs also broke loose from their chains (Taro, Shiro, Jakku, and Kuma from Furen), but the remaining seven dogs were unable to get loose. Within several days, the seven chained dogs (Goro, Moku, Aka, Kuro, Pochi, Pesu, and Kuma from Monbetsu) succumbed to hunger, bitter cold, and raw wounds around their necks from chafing at their tightened collars and died. The eight freed dogs left the base and