chapter 9-11 of Far North

summary: In chapters 9-11  were discussing the issue of food. They only had few more supplies as far as food went from the left. They decided that finding a moose would be their best bet since they had found a riffle in the woods when they were hunting.They didn't find much food only small things and berries and it's getting harder to survive. In the meantime they kept watch for plane that could rescue them but never came.Later a Chinook came(a sudden and drastic change in the whether and temperature). They came up with a plan to build a raft while the river is still unfrozen. After that they finally found a moose and told Johnny about the plan who was reluctant but agreed and they started to build. Johnny turned out to be right and the water froze over before they could make it out but they got pretty far.
Response to question 1: In these chapters my thoughts were mostly about the Chinook. At first I didnt know what it was but my question was: What was so drastic? Did it go from winter to summer instantly? And why did Johnny seem reluctant to make an escape plan. Another thing that made me stop and wonder was: Why was Johnny gone so long just for hunting. He was gone for days.
        Something it said was that they say a plain going in the direction they had left. That probably meant they were looking for them. But my thoughts were if there were plains looking for them in that direction why hadn't the found them yet. And they made smoke signals so how come they weren't found yet. And lastly I think they should have gone back if they saw a plain searching in that direction,