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 . endingsurface into the depression north of Dome Mountain,the name which I had given to the most northerly ofthe griant ice hummocks which extend from the edgeof the Inland Ice to the head of McCormick the heat of the merid
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 . endingsurface into the depression north of Dome Mountain,the name which I had given to the most northerly ofthe griant ice hummocks which extend from the edgeof the Inland Ice to the head of McCormick the heat of the meridian sun was softenino- thesurface of the deep, sludge-like snow, till my dogswere unable to travel through it. I made every ef-fort to get across upon the slope of Dome Mountain,the higher elevation and northerly exposure of whichI knew would enable us to advance ; but in this I was 380 Northward over the Great Ice unsuccessful, and was obliged to halt and wait for thesurface of the snow to harden again. As soon as thiswas the case we got under way and zigzagged up theslope of Dome Mountain for some hours. As I came over the crest and looked forward to thenext rounded summit, some two miles distant, I sawmoving black objects upon it. The grouping of theobjects resembled at that distance a couple of sledges,with an accompanying party, and I turned and shouted. DOWN THE LAST SLOPE. to Astriip, The boys are out looking for us. Atthat moment, however, the members of the otherparty evidently saw us, and a faint cheer came acrossthe white waste to our ears. The objects separated,and I could see there were seven or eight in I knew there was a ship in the bay. We hur-ried rapidly down the slope, eager once more for thesight of familiar faces. The other party at the sametime descended from the eminence on which they had Eie^ht Thousand Feet above the Sea 381 ^t> been, and in a very short time I grasped ProfessorHeilprins hand, and greeted the other members ofhis party, who w
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