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 . re that they evergot a very clear idea of the told them that we wished to comparetheir bodies with those of other peoplein the world, and it was not long beforesome of them grasped the idea so faras to decide that our work
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 . re that they evergot a very clear idea of the told them that we wished to comparetheir bodies with those of other peoplein the world, and it was not long beforesome of them grasped the idea so faras to decide that our work was in theinterest of a perfectly laudable andproper curiosity. At first, however,some of them asked Dr. Cook if Iwanted the information he obtained forthe purpose of making other people !! The flash-liofht work never failed tobe a subject of lively gossip in the na-tive community. All the fresh arrivalswere told what was before them almostbefore they had unhitched their dogs,and as soon as a native was photo-graphed, he would invariably tell of the experience toan admiring group, narrating every minute detail. When the sky was clear, and we had the moon withus, the arctic night was one of remarkable that dry atmosphere, the moon and stars seem toshine with a degree of power and brilliancy unequalledin temperate latitudes. We saw many auroras, but. BOY. Flash-light. 176 Northward over the Great Ice they were comparatively faint, and not so pronouncedin outline and brightness as those observed in South Greenland. November 14th was a fme day, and in the afternoon and night the moon was very brilliant. The temperature rose to several degrees above zero, and the house was oppress ively warm all day. On the I 6th, a full moon cir-cled, and the scene was in-tensely brilliant, the moon hang- ingr in a cloudless sky, and Arctu- ru s, Aldebaran, and the Great Dipper shining with remarkable brilliancy. The ice-blink at thehead of the bay was plainly visi-ble in the moons rays,
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