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 . whole-sail breeze, and setting sail oncemore we went along at a good speed and found notrouble in passing through the ice, which, on first in-spection, seemed to be a barrier of no little import-ance. At ten oclock, we passed the s
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 . whole-sail breeze, and setting sail oncemore we went along at a good speed and found notrouble in passing through the ice, which, on first in-spection, seemed to be a barrier of no little import-ance. At ten oclock, we passed the sound dividingHerbert and Northumberland Islands and soon foundourselves sailing along (at good speed) the coast ofthe latter island, whose shore presented a most deso-late appearance, being utterly devoid of eleven oclock, I turned in with Dr. Cook, leavingAstriip at the helm, and Verhoeff to tend sheet. Boat Voyage to the Islands 105 AugtLst i2,t/i.—At three oclock this morning, wechanged watches. Hakluyt Island now appeared veryplainly ahead of us, and about six miles distant. Thewind had increased to almost a gale, and there was aheavy sea running, in which the Faith behaved mostadmirably. Guillemots were seen flying in the directionof the island, each carrying something in its beak. ThisI took to be fair evidence that we would find their. ESKIMO IGLOO, NORTHUMBERLAND View. Photo, by Dr. Cook. loomery. At five oclock, we reached the island andfound the waves breaking so high on its steep androcky shore that it was impossible to land the Faithwith any degree of safety to her. So sailing arounda point we came upon some perpendicular cliff^s whichin some places seemed to overhang. These cliffsfaced the west, and it was in the clefts here (withwhich the walls were well furrowed) that we foundthe guillemots resting in large numbers. We stoppedhere long enough to procure a few birds, but foundmuch difficulty in picking up the birds, which would io6 Nor
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