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 . JACK. Preparing for the Ice-Cap Campaign 223 lying on the snow, where it had faUen from httle above it, breaks in the snow looked as if madeby the spent debris from a slide arrested some distanceup, perhaps at the trap ledg
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 . JACK. Preparing for the Ice-Cap Campaign 223 lying on the snow, where it had faUen from httle above it, breaks in the snow looked as if madeby the spent debris from a slide arrested some distanceup, perhaps at the trap ledge. Again my shouts elicited no answer, save Jacksdoleful howls, and the rustle of the biting wind. Thewhole thing seemed clear to me. The boys, in goingup, had detached some of the rotten masses of trap,which had fallen upon them and either pinned themdown or crippled them so that they could not Cook was still able, when the old couple passed,to call to them, but now he had fainted, or becomenumb with cold ; Jack, with a dogs instinct of calam-ity, was howling by the side ofhis two human friends, whowere probably senseless. Icould not bring myself to be-lieve that the mishap was?greater than this. A few steps farther showedme the utter futility of our try-. SHOEING A SLEDGE WITH ICE. 2 24 Northward over the Great Ice ing to go up in the darkness without Hnes or cold alone, I felt sure, would not endanger the boys,as the temperature was comparatively mild (—3^°F.),and both were clad in complete reindeer suits. The proper way was to return to the house with allpossible speed, and come back with the three natives,Verhoeff, sledges, lines, sleeping-bags, lights, andeverything necessary to get the boys down with-out delay as soon as we reached them. I need notsay that I led the return to the house at a half-run,and long before reaching it, had decided what everyman should do, so that we could start back in less thanten minutes. I pushed open the door with th
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