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 . KIRSIRVIARSU. Around Inglefield Gulf by Sledge 261 My reconnaissance was not an extended one, owingto the extremely difficult character of the furious fohn of the middle of February, with itsburden of sleet and rain,
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 . KIRSIRVIARSU. Around Inglefield Gulf by Sledge 261 My reconnaissance was not an extended one, owingto the extremely difficult character of the furious fohn of the middle of February, with itsburden of sleet and rain, as it descended over thesouthern cliffs of Whale Sound, had fallen with un-restrained fury upon the Ittibloo shore, had scouredevery bit of snow from the land, and had left the rockscovered with a thick coating of ice, which seemedalmost as if it had been fused to them, so firmly was. X i- MY SLEEPING TEAM. it attached. This fact and the extremely rough natureof the region made travelling a constant menace tofeet and limbs. At eio^ht oclock in the evening we were a^ainunder way, having added to my team four additionaldogs which I obtained from Panikpa. One of these,I soon found, was in the advanced stages of the dogdisease, and it was detached from the sledge and leftbehind before we had gone a hundred yards. Thisleft me a team of twelve, and it was worth a long 262 Northward over the Great Ice journey to see those twelve magnificent beauties, withheads and tails in the air, dash out upon the wind-hardened surface of the Sound in their long, wolfishgallop, a veritable pack of wolves in full cry after adeer. Rapidly we dashed away across the mouth of OlriksBay for the bold bluffs opposite, and I cast frequentand longing glances up the unknown recesses of thatarctic fjord. Never had old Norse saga greater at-tractions for me as a boy than have these magnificentGreenl
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