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 . side from the nos-trils across the cheeks back to the ears. The daughterhad a pleasant and even pretty face, with dark-browneyes, and a ruddyglow to her cheeks. She had onthe peculiar cummings (long-legged sealskin boots)with huge
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 . side from the nos-trils across the cheeks back to the ears. The daughterhad a pleasant and even pretty face, with dark-browneyes, and a ruddyglow to her cheeks. She had onthe peculiar cummings (long-legged sealskin boots)with huge pouches on the outside, worn by the womenof this tribe. The hane of these about the knees re-minded me oftrousers wornby Turkish wo-men. The babywas complete-ly cased in mot-tled fawn-skinexcept its faceand hands, andwhen removedfrom the depthsof his mothershood for re-freshments, re-minded me ofnothing som u c h a s achicken just out of the eggshell. The boys were both big open-faced, intelligent-looking fellows. On the morning of the loth, all the ships had aheavy belt of ice at and above the water-line, and thethickness of young ice everywhere precluded furtherstay in that locality. In the afternoon the Eagleheaded south again. At midnight we ran into theice-pack north of Cape Hooper, and the next day inthis ice three bears were shot by Jackman and myself. THE GORGE AT ATANEKERDLUK, Showing the Stratification. One of the Rich FossilBeds is just at the Left of the Place Shown in thePicture. 32 Northward over the Great Ice from the ship. There is but httle of the excitementof danger in this sport, but there is an excitement inbeing driven through the ice, and kept in range ofthe big game, by such a quivering, powerful steed asone of these whalers. The ice was heavy enough sothat the Eagle at her best could barely keep up with thebears, and what with the constant jumping and trem-bling of the vessel as she struck the solid pans, andthe motion of the bears as they leaped from pi
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