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 . KAMONAHPIK. CHAPTER IMPRISONED ON THE ICE-CAP. THE ice-cap beyondFour-Mile Valleybeing too far awayfor my contemplated out-ine to see the suns return,I sent Gibson and Ver-hoeff, on Saturday, Feb-ruary 13th, as I havealready
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 . KAMONAHPIK. CHAPTER IMPRISONED ON THE ICE-CAP. THE ice-cap beyondFour-Mile Valleybeing too far awayfor my contemplated out-ine to see the suns return,I sent Gibson and Ver-hoeff, on Saturday, Feb-ruary 13th, as I havealready mentioned, up tothe ice-cap this side ofthe valley, to build a snowigloo, for the sunrise returned at night, reporting the walls of theigloo finished, but they were unable, after repeatedattempts, to construct the roof. Gibson reportedseeing sunlight, to the west, on the highest peak ofNorthumberland Island. The barometrical deter-mination of the height of the igloo above sea-levelwas 2050 feet. At 9:20, the next morning. Dr. Cook, Astrijp,and I started, dressed in our furs, the Doctor andAstriip with deerskin kooletahs and trousers, and Iwith deerskin kooletah and dogskin trousers. Weall wore kamiks and woollen socks. The Doctor andI took snow-shoes, and Astriip his ski. Our impedi- 199 200 Northward over the ** Great Ice menta consisted of reindeer sleeping-bags and hood
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