. Northward over the "great ice" [microform] : 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. Scientific expeditions; Expéditions scientifiques. I ' 13: Northward over the "(ircat Ice" f,»' ) 1 1 ⢠r> ; il i Hi, â ,,v V? J These turnouts were so entirely different from
. Northward over the "great ice" [microform] : 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. Scientific expeditions; Expéditions scientifiques. I ' 13: Northward over the "(ircat Ice" f,»' ) 1 1 ⢠r> ; il i Hi, â ,,v V? J These turnouts were so entirely different from each other that they are worthy of notice. One was a faniih' conveyance, a lar^c slcdt^t- upon whicli was piled the tupik, with all tlu* huntin_Lj j^car and house- hold LToods of the family, until the load was so hi^h that it had been necessary to lash on a l)oard to serve as an intermediate step hy which to reach the top. Perched upon this sat Ootooniaksoah with his wife Ahkatah and his four- or fivoyear-old l)oy Teddylin^- wah. This load was ilrawn by s(?v(;n small doj^s, which were strain- ing every muscle uucUt the persuasive influence of Ootooniaksoah's twenty-foot rawhide lash, that played on and about them with reports like a volley from a seven-shooter. A striking contrast, the other sledge ; Nup- sah out on a seal-hunt with three powerful brawny dogs and noth- ing on his sledge but his seal-chair. The for- mer turnout reminded me of those family picnic-wagons, so many of which may be seen entering Fairmount Park on Sunday morning; the latter, a bachelor in his sulky, speeding a favourite pacer. At Netiulumi, we occupied the tupik of one-eyed IMerktoshar and his kindly wife Ahma. Their tupik offered the advantage of being jjitched on the ice of the bay, away from the tilth and offal which surrounded. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of
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