. Northward over the "great ice" [microform] : a narrative of life and work along the shores and upon the interior ice-cap of northern Greenland in the years 1886 and 1891-1897 : with a description of the little tribe of Smith-Sound Eskimos, the most northerly human beings in the world, and an account of the discovery and bringing home of the " Saviksue" or great Cape-York meteorites. Scientific expeditions; Expéditions scientifiques. iW 1 • V I. r t\ y 11 i 228 Northward over the "(ircat Ice" several weeks. The snow on the \cv. weij^lied it down till the water ro
. Northward over the "great ice" [microform] : a narrative of life and work along the shores and upon the interior ice-cap of northern Greenland in the years 1886 and 1891-1897 : with a description of the little tribe of Smith-Sound Eskimos, the most northerly human beings in the world, and an account of the discovery and bringing home of the " Saviksue" or great Cape-York meteorites. Scientific expeditions; Expéditions scientifiques. iW 1 • V I. r t\ y 11 i 228 Northward over the "(ircat Ice" several weeks. The snow on the \cv. weij^lied it down till the water rose nearly to its surface. The- low teinperatures resulted in nunierous mist-wreaths alouL!^ the shore of the bay and the icebero^s, and our ice for nu;llinij^ purjjoses, when brought into th(t house and dropped into the j)ails()f wattT, snai)pc:d, crackled, and fell to pieces. I'he sound reminded mv. of the crack- lin_<:f of wood in pleasant fireplaces in the home land. The low temperatures also led Ikwa to ii^ive his sledLj^e shoes of ice, a process that interested mc very much. First, he covered the bottoms of the runners with a continuous strip of thick walrus hide, 2k inches wide, with the hair on. This was fastened on by rawhide lashini^s passed throuj^h slits cut in the edo^es. When this was frozen hard, a coating- of wiow dipped in warm urine was applied and shaped and pressed with the hands, until the entire length of the runner was covered three-fourths of an inch to an inch thick. This, in turn, was allowed to freeze solid, and then chip[)ed and smoothed with a knife, and finally rubbed down with the hand dipped in water. Here is a section of the finished runner. On the niixht of March 2d, with the temperature — 35° F.—Kennan's limit of comfort in Siberia— I took my reindeer baj^ and slept outside on the snow. Leavintr the house, dressed in my complete fur travellini^- suit, I took a walk on the bay, and then return- ing, undressed in the open air. to my
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