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 . e Arctic Ocean, and, from some vantage-groundon the north-east coast of Greenland, look northwardover the broad expanse of sea. Still I might be mis-taken, and the coast might be much farther north—too far away for us to attain it
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 . e Arctic Ocean, and, from some vantage-groundon the north-east coast of Greenland, look northwardover the broad expanse of sea. Still I might be mis-taken, and the coast might be much farther north—too far away for us to attain it carrying, as we werecompelled to, every ounce of our provisions andequipment on our backs. I was too anxious to enjoy the glory of the morn-ing fully. If, as I had for some days suspected, thischannel actually stretched from Lincoln Sea to theArctic Ocean on the north-east coast of Greenland,was I to fail now to fathom its secret and take home 329 33^ Northward over the Great Ice the news that the northern extension of the mainlandhad at last been found ? It was certain that we hadno reserve of provisions that would warrant us inmaking any considerable sojourn in the region towhich we had attained ; nor if a half-ton of supplieshad been packed on our sledge could we carry morethan a very few days rations on our backs over theboulder-strewn waste before DAWN OVER THE ROCKS. The sun was shining brilliantly upon the dazzlingwhite of the ice-cap behind us. Its genial rays weresearching out and lighting up the hilltops and thedeepest valleys of the land towards which our faceswere turned, and which we were about to temperature was that of a balmy day in earlyApril in lands far south of the Arctic circle. I knewit would be very warm below. Innumerable patchesof snow dotted the landscape north of us, but they did Northernmost Greenland 331 not cover a hundredth part of the great area we sawstretching away before us. Our dogs were wild with dehght and expressed thei
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