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 . THE START FROM RED CLIFF. Both Norwegian ski and Indian snow-shoes wereincluded in my equipment, as each has its advantages,and under the varied conditions of the ice-cap bothare needed. I did not take a tent. As to dogs, I started
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 . THE START FROM RED CLIFF. Both Norwegian ski and Indian snow-shoes wereincluded in my equipment, as each has its advantages,and under the varied conditions of the ice-cap bothare needed. I did not take a tent. As to dogs, I started from Red Cliff with twenty,but one was already in the grasp of the {2X2\. piblocktoand died at the edge of the ice-cap. Two othersdied at the first camp on the ice-cap, and two dayslater a fourth escaped and returned to the others returned with the supporting party, leav- The White March 279 ing me with fourteen, one of which was used up anddied at the next camp, so that I really left the sup-porting party with thirteen, and only eight of thesereached Independence Bay. On the return, three more gave out, so that I reachedMcCormick Bay with five left out of the originaltwenty. Of this original twenty, twelve were first-class ani- Henson. Cook. Astriip. THE CAMP ON THE BLUFFS. mals, hardy and powerful, trained sledge-dogs andbear hunters, the others bitches and inferior dogs. Our clothing may be said to have been entirely offur, a light suit of woollen underclothing, a flannelshirt, a jersey, and light woollen socks being the onlyarticles of civilised make. The provisions for an arctic sledge journey mustpossess the important desideratum of a minimumweight and bulk for a given nutritive value. 28o Northward over the Great Ice Pemmican ^ is the mainstay of a sledge in order of importance come tea, condensedmilk, biscuit, compressed pea soup. Other articles ofwhich small quantities were carried, simply on trial,were experimental pemmican put up by Pa
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