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 RED CLIFFS. between the waters edge andand red-brown cliffs that framethe inlet and uphold the Inland Ice. Down thevalleys, worn by water out of the sandstone and ba-saltic walls that bound the bay, leaped brooks look-ing in 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 RED CLIFFS. between the waters edge andand red-brown cliffs that framethe inlet and uphold the Inland Ice. Down thevalleys, worn by water out of the sandstone and ba-saltic walls that bound the bay, leaped brooks look-ing in the distance like silver ribbons. Flocks ofsnow-buntings twittered and chirped, and millions oflittle auks kept the air alive with querulous cries andthe rapid beat of their whirring wings. The ice still 76 Northward over the Great Ice filled the greater portion of the bay. A broad riverof gleaming water ran close to the shore. Everyglistening iceberg floated in an open lake in whichsported seals, narwhals, and schools of white whales,and narrow lanes of water ran in every directionthrough the rotten ice, cutting it into great floeswhich floated slowly back and forth with the RED CLIFF HOUSE. The bay was found to be about nine miles wide atits mouth and some fifteen miles longf. Like mostof this coast line, it was incorrectly charted. Itsshores, according to the chart, might be called theeast and west, while, in fact, they are more nearly thenorth and south boundaries of the bay. It narrowsvery gradually towards its head, where it is about fourmiles wide. At the head of the bay a large glacierwas plainly seen, and from it came icebergs that weresprinkled over the surface of the inlet. Preparing Our North-Greenland Home ii I immediately sent my party ashore, first on thesouth and then on the north side of the bay, to recon-noitre for a site for the house. It was not an entirelyeasy matter to select a suitable location, because manythings were to be con- , sidered, and he up
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