Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 139 June to November 1919 . n water hereand there in the form of irregular open-ings between the various cakes, but wewere commonly able to find places wherethe corners of the cakes touched, al-though occasionally we had to convertour sled into a boat for ferrying and shallower soundings con-firmed the evidence of our sextant, andon June 22d the black cliffs of NorwayIsland finally came in sight. The going at this time was exceedinglybad, for there were water puddles on top of the ice wherewe waded knee-deep throughslush and dampsnow whic
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 139 June to November 1919 . n water hereand there in the form of irregular open-ings between the various cakes, but wewere commonly able to find places wherethe corners of the cakes touched, al-though occasionally we had to convertour sled into a boat for ferrying and shallower soundings con-firmed the evidence of our sextant, andon June 22d the black cliffs of NorwayIsland finally came in sight. The going at this time was exceedinglybad, for there were water puddles on top of the ice wherewe waded knee-deep throughslush and dampsnow which wasno longer hardenough to sup-port our sleds,and we h a d todrag themthrough drifts,like snow-plowson a mountainrailway. Afterwe saw land ittook us threedays of the hard-est work to coverthe interveningtwelve miles, andit was the evening of June 25th that welanded. Norway Island is shown on the chartsas about six miles long, with its greatestdiameter north and south. It is, as amatter of fact, about three miles long,with its main axis running east and ? MAP SHOWING STEFANSSONS ROUTE AND THAT OF THE MARY SACHS On the south coast of it we found enoughdriftwood to make a camp-fire for twoor three meals, and on the beach we sawcaribou tracks, though we soon discov-ered that there were no caribou on theisland just then. With our glasses wecould see half a dozen hares, white andconspicuous on the green slopes of theland, and geese and ducks were numer-ous in the ponds. But this was all smallgame and I have for many years madeit a rule never to kill any animal smallerthan a wolf. Really wolves also are toosmall, though they weigh over a hundredpounds, but we make an exception intheir case because we have a grudgeagainst them for competing with us inthe killing of caribou, as their food inwinter is probably 90 per cent, cariboumeat. It is also true that in the summerwhen the caribou are skinny and forthat reason poor eating, the wolves arefat because they are then feasting on
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