Northward over the great ice : 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 . my deft natives but a few minutesto skin the big animal, then, piling the skin and somechoice cuts of meat into the bottom of the boat, weresumed our voyage, re-traversed the western coast ofthe island to its southern point, and th
Northward over the great ice : 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 . my deft natives but a few minutesto skin the big animal, then, piling the skin and somechoice cuts of meat into the bottom of the boat, weresumed our voyage, re-traversed the western coast ofthe island to its southern point, and then boresouthward directly across the gulf for the mouth ofAcademy Bay, which opened black and unpromisingbeneath a canopy of leaden-coloured clouds, across anapparently impenetrable mass of icebergs and our way through these, and having a bit of Boat Voyage into Inglefield Gulf 403 excitement during a lively squall which caught us ina stretch of ice-free water and wet us thoroughly withthe vicious waves, we reached and entered AcademyBay. Scarcely had we pulled any distance into it, be-fore we encountered one of the furious summer squalls,so common in this region, hurtling out of the baywith a fury which defied all attempts to make head-way against it. As, however, we had but a short dis-tance to go in order to effect a landing behind a little. ORIENT CLIFFS OF JOSEPHINE PEARY ISLAND. island, we succeeded, by keeping close to the shore andtaking advantage of the gusts, in reaching the desiredspot. Here we camped for one wild night, expect-ing every moment to have the tent torn from overour heads, although it was weighted down with half aton of rocks ; with the spray which broke over abarrier of icebergs that had jammed against the island,flying over us ; and the gusts of the anoahtaksoah, asthe natives call these wild storms, howling down the 404 Northward over the Great Ice bay past us like an army of mad demons. In themorning the wind had subsided, yet never hav
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