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 . e time under themagic of an abundant supply of fresh meat for mydogs and a fine dinner for ourselves. It would have been suicidal to have attempted tomake our dogs travel immediately after their recentfeast, and as I did not wish t
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 . e time under themagic of an abundant supply of fresh meat for mydogs and a fine dinner for ourselves. It would have been suicidal to have attempted tomake our dogs travel immediately after their recentfeast, and as I did not wish to leave them here, it wasnecessary that we should wait several hours until theywere in condition to move. We improved the oppor-tunity to snatch a little sleep, and both men and beastswere wonderfully refreshed by the time we startedagain on our tramp. A few more summits rose beforeus, but at last there could be no further question. Northernmost Greenland ^43 The next one would surely give us the long-desiredview. Eagerly we climbed the ragged slope, over raggedrocks and through drifts of heavy, wet snow. Thesummit was reached. A few steps more, and the rockyplateau on which we stood dropped in a giant ironwall, that would grace the Inferno, 3800 feet to thelevel of the bay below us. We stood upon the north-east coast of Greenland ; and, looking far off over. CAMP MUSK-OX. the surface of a mighty glacier on our right andthrough the broad mouth of the bay, we saw stretchingaway to the horizon the great ice-fields of the ArcticOcean. We had travelled twenty-six miles in a north-easterly direction from Moraine Camp, where we hadleft our sledge. From the edee of the towering cliff on which westood, and in the clear light of the brilliant summerday, the view that spread away before us was magnifi- 344 Northward over the Great Ice cent beyond description. Silently Astriip and myselftook off our packs and seated ourselves upon them tofix in memory every detail of the never-to-be-forgo
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