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 . he temperature was rapidly lowering I rolled back,got the shovel, and succeeded in digging a hole, downinto the snow. I then got the Doctors bag loose,pulled the sleeves out of the frozencrust, adjusted hishood, and helped him to w
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 . he temperature was rapidly lowering I rolled back,got the shovel, and succeeded in digging a hole, downinto the snow. I then got the Doctors bag loose,pulled the sleeves out of the frozencrust, adjusted hishood, and helped him to wriggle to the hole, intowhich he tumbled and curled himself up. I then placedmy trousers over his head to keep the drift off, andcurled myself round the windward edge of the holeabove him. I was very glad to find that the completeprotection from the wind thus afforded him, togetherwith the exercise of moving, restored his temperatureand rendered him entirely comfortable. 2o8 Northward over the Great Ice In this way we lay for several hours, the windgradually dying away, and the light of day as Astriip was more completely dressed thanany of us, I requested him to make the attempt todicr out our clothincr. I was obligred, however, to g-oto his assistance, and break his bag free, clear the icefrom the opening of his hood, adjust it, and help him. THE DENUDED CLIFFS. to a sitting posture. In doing this, one of the sleevesof his bag was unfortunately torn off, and when hebegan to shovel, his arm was so cold that he could dono effective work, so I told him to lie down, and Itook the shovel. It was now 8:45 , Tuesday,and after a long time, and with much trouble, owingto the hard snow, the coldness of my hands, andthe difficulty of working hampered by my sleeping- Imprisoned on the Ice-Cap 209 bag, I dug out a kooletah, a pair of trousers, anda pair of kamiks. Astrup then got out of his bag intothese, and after a brisk run to hmber himself up, tookthe shovel and con
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