. In the Lena Delta; a narrative of the search for De Long and his companions . RACING IN THE ARCTIC WATERS. 433 man, the ice-pilot, reported five Esquimaux sleds withkyachs and hunting-gear in sight, coming from the west-ward and making toward one of the whale-ships. Receiv-ing permission to take a whale-boat and volunteer crew,including Mr. Norman, I started across the open lead andthen through the soft poshy pack to intercept the hunters,surmising that they might be an advance party fromGreely, or natives with information of him. The ice inplaces was too soft to bear our we
. In the Lena Delta; a narrative of the search for De Long and his companions . RACING IN THE ARCTIC WATERS. 433 man, the ice-pilot, reported five Esquimaux sleds withkyachs and hunting-gear in sight, coming from the west-ward and making toward one of the whale-ships. Receiv-ing permission to take a whale-boat and volunteer crew,including Mr. Norman, I started across the open lead andthen through the soft poshy pack to intercept the hunters,surmising that they might be an advance party fromGreely, or natives with information of him. The ice inplaces was too soft to bear our weight, and as a steam-ship could scarcely force her way into it, there was nouse trying to push our boat through. So we hauled out,and then away we went, breaking through at every , Mr. Norman sank in up to his arm-pits, then Hickywent in over his head, and Johnson in terror jumped forthe boat, calling forth an awful anathema from Harvey;and thus we proceeded about three miles with great funand labor. Meanwhile the whaler, observing our manoeu-vre, rammed into the ice toward the app
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