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 . The low temperatures also led Ikwa to give hissledge shoes of ice, a process that interested me verymuch. First, he covered the bottoms of the runnerswith a continuous strip of thick walrus hide, 2^ incheswide, with the hair on. Th
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 . The low temperatures also led Ikwa to give hissledge shoes of ice, a process that interested me verymuch. First, he covered the bottoms of the runnerswith a continuous strip of thick walrus hide, 2^ incheswide, with the hair on. This was fastened on byrawhide lashings passed through slits cut in theedees. When this was frozen hard, a coatings of snowdipped in warm urine was applied and shaped andpressed with the hands, until the entire length of therunner was covered three-fourths of an inch toan inch thick. This, inturn, was allowed tofreeze solid, and thenchipped and smoothedwith a knife, and finallyrubbed down with thehand dipped in is a section of thefinished runner. On the night of March2d, with the temperature— 35° F.—Kennans limitof comfort in Siberia—I took my reindeer bagand slept outside on thesnow. Leaving the house, dressed in my complete furtravelling suit, I took a walk on the bay, and then return-ing, undressed in the open air, to my undershirt and a. .-VfcXw^ Wu> SECTION OF ICE-SHOE. Preparing for the Ice-Cap Campaign 229 pair of reindeer socks, got into my bag, arranged it allwithout the stimulus of food or hot tea, and in a few min-utes was comfortable, and slept well through the morning, March 3d, Matt and Annowkahstarted after deer to the head of the bay, with thePrincess sledge, sleeping-gear, and five clays pro-visions. Jack, my Newfoundland dog, easily draggedtheir sledge, weighing over 150 pounds, along the ice-foot. Next day, Ikwa, who had gone around CapeCleveland after deer, returned with a fine animal, andthis opened the spring hunting seaso
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