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 . sonand I went back down to the igloo at Cache Campto sleep. Tired in every muscle and with no sleepfor sixty-four hours, I think I must have fallen asleepthe moment I tumbled into the igloo. Twelve hourslater I awoke to hear the ru
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 . sonand I went back down to the igloo at Cache Campto sleep. Tired in every muscle and with no sleepfor sixty-four hours, I think I must have fallen asleepthe moment I tumbled into the igloo. Twelve hourslater I awoke to hear the rush of the wind over ourshelter, and the hiss of the drifting snow against itsside. This continued for twenty-four hours, when I The White March 289 could stand it no longer, and Gibson and myselfstarted for the upper igloo. Fierce as was the wind,which sometimes nearly upset us, and stinging as wasthe driving snow, we did not feel the cold, as our furclothing kept us in more than a glow of we struggled up the slope, frequently stoppingto turn our backs to the wind and get our breath, andat last came in sight of the upper igloo. It is impossi-ble to describe my feelings of discouragement at thesight that met me. The igloo was almost completelyburied in the snow ; its occupants had not been able toexpose themselves to the wind. The dogs, restless. GIBSON, TEAM, AND SLEDGE. as always in wind, had fought with each other andchewed at their harnesses and traces till half of themwere loose and running at will about the sledges, withtheir stores of provisions, while the rest were nearlyburied in a huge drift which had formed about them,and as I got nearer I saw that three out of the twentywere victims of the dreaded dog disease, and werealmost dead. As the wind was still blowingf withsuch force that it was impossible to do anything,Gibson and myself crouched in the lee of the igloo,and while waiting for the storm to cease, learned fromthe Doctor that the}- had been unable
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