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 . t of delay as I was, I still enjoyed thenovel situation. When the Kite, tired of hunting- for a lead, anchored now andthen to a floe, we fishedand photographed, orgot out our ski andsnow-shoes and had a lit-tle practice. We caughtf
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 . t of delay as I was, I still enjoyed thenovel situation. When the Kite, tired of hunting- for a lead, anchored now andthen to a floe, we fishedand photographed, orgot out our ski andsnow-shoes and had a lit-tle practice. We caughtfour hundred pounds offine codfish, and salteddown a barrel for ourNorth-Greenland of looms, kitti-wakes, herring gulls, andseals gave life and move-ment to the scene. Scen-ic splendours were notwanting. On Mondaynight we enjoyed an ex-quisite sunset. A mir-ror-like sea reflected therosy glories of the west-ern sky, and the Labra-dor coast was purple asamethyst. Ice, fantastic-ally carved, floated allaround us, and the still-ness was broken by cries of gulls and pufling of five days we struggled with the ice, forcingahead a few miles, only to be caught and drifted backagain. At last, Friday afternoon, we felt the swell ofthe open sea again, and crowding on all steam and sail,were soon free, and bowling along at an eight-knot
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