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 . -oxen were shed-dinof their Iouq; fine wool, and the lonor hair on theirhind quarters. We found the stomachs of the cowswe killed full of grass. Our return to Moraine Camp, at the edge of theInland Ice, was but a repetition of our
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 . -oxen were shed-dinof their Iouq; fine wool, and the lonor hair on theirhind quarters. We found the stomachs of the cowswe killed full of grass. Our return to Moraine Camp, at the edge of theInland Ice, was but a repetition of our journey down,except that Astrup and myself each had an additionof some twenty-five or thirty pounds of musk-oxtongues, hearts, and sirloin, and four of my best andstrongest dogs carried upon their backs some twentypounds apiece. Under ordinary circumstances thisexperiment would have been absolutely impossible ;but now my dogs were so completely surfeited withfood, having eaten all of two musk-oxen, except whatthey were now carrying, that the meat on their backshad no attraction for them. If I could have foreseenthis, my anxiety for some time previous would havebeen greatly relieved. Now, however, I had eightwell-fed dog-s with which to start back to McCormickBay. As for ourselves, we had been feasting onmusk-ox veal, sirloin, and tenderloin ; and, strange as. M A P O F INDEPENDENCE BAY EAST COAST OF GREELNUAND July H* iS^z Navy OBSERVATION spotonNavy CliffLat. 81* 37 5 N. LONG. °5 W. I N N D MAP OF INDEPENDENCE BAY.(Used through the courtesy of the American Geographical Society, New York.) 354 Northward over the Great Ice it may appear, we had had a surfeit of our fresh food ;and as we picked our way over the tiresome boulderfragments, on our journey back to Moraine Camp,Astriip reiterated that he wished we were back to thecamp, for he wanted a piece of pemmican. That route of ours, from Moraine Camp to NavyChff and back again, was a httle the worst trave
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