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 . ers, disproving conclusively the old saying thatdog will not eat dog. I had now twelve fine dogs,almost every one of whom had tasted in savage con-flict the hot red blood of their natural enemy, thepolar bear, the tiger of the Nort
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 . ers, disproving conclusively the old saying thatdog will not eat dog. I had now twelve fine dogs,almost every one of whom had tasted in savage con-flict the hot red blood of their natural enemy, thepolar bear, the tiger of the North. There wereNalegaksoah the king, Pau, Lion, Castor and Pol-lux, Merktoshar ist and 2d, Miss Tahwana, the Pan-ikpas, brother and sister. The following day, thecontinuance of the up grade and the increasing depthof the snow compelled us to resort to double-banking,and the end of the day found us but three milesahead of our last camp. 304 Northward over the Great Ice Ourselves tired and our dogs out of sorts, Astrijpand myself ate our dinner in silence, and were gladto lose ourselves in sleep. The morning found usrefreshed and with a new stock of courage, but stillI felt that if by hard work and no end of trouble Icould gain ten miles I should be satisfied. To myagreeable surprise, the next camp found us fifteenmiles farther on our way, and this too without a. ASTRUP AND MY DOGS. mishap or hitch throughout the march. We werenow evidently at the top of the grade, and could soonexpect a slight descent on the northern side of thedivide toward the basin of the Petermann next day proved the truth of these snow surface became harder and harder, theaneroid and the sledges both indicated a gradualdescent, and after six hours marching we came upon To the Northern End of Greenland 305 a firm, marble-like surface, showing evidence of mostviolent wind forces, and scored and carved until itlooked like a great bed of white lava. Two hourslater, land was sighted to th
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