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 . mes by boat-hooks, and sometimes by oars driven into the ice. Aday later, we could not have taken the boat saw numerous walrus, oogjook and netsook were very tired, but dinner never tasted betterthan the glorious
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 . mes by boat-hooks, and sometimes by oars driven into the ice. Aday later, we could not have taken the boat saw numerous walrus, oogjook and netsook were very tired, but dinner never tasted betterthan the glorious repast we soon spread in our littlecabin. The days were growing short apace, and, havingsuccessfully started the hunting campaign, we gavemuch attention to getting the house ready for Monday, September 28th, the stove was put up, Boat and Sledge Trips 145 and Ikwa manifested the first sign of astonislimentat anything he had seen. When the fire was kindledin tlie stove, and the flames went roaring up thepipe, the spectacle startled him into shouts and anticsindicating unbounded surprise. The novelty alluredhim for some time from his seal and walrus spearsand sledge, which he was putting in order for thewinter campaign. In two minutes after I startedthe fire, the temperature in the house had run up to+90° F. Next day, the ventilating shafts, double. THE BOAT CAMP-EXTERIOR. windows, and other details about the house receivedattention. On October ist, I established our camp w^atches were appointed. Dr. Cook, Ver-hoeff, Gibson, and Astriip taking turns. The day this routine went into effect, I had thesatisfaction of counting fifteen reindeer in my larder;and a few days more would see hunting fully re- 146 Northward over the Great Ice Slimed, for the bay ice was rapidly thickening-, theice-foot alonp- the shore was formino- fast, and weeksof ofood sledeine would come. The sun was soon toleave us, and the first day in October we had thebenefit of its rays
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