. Outing. ence and thrilled mewith the announcement that he had reached the North Pole on the twenty-first of April, 1908—the great goal forwhich men had been striving and offer-ing up their lives through more thantwo centuries. Before his departure for the South, hedescribed to me a region through whichhe had passed, well stocked with muskox. This, I decided, should be the sceneof my hunt, and the Doctor arrangedthat his two young Eskimo companions,Ahwelah and Etukishuk, should be ofmy party. It is a long and difficult sledge jour-ney to Upernavik. I was expecting avessel to come to my relief
. Outing. ence and thrilled mewith the announcement that he had reached the North Pole on the twenty-first of April, 1908—the great goal forwhich men had been striving and offer-ing up their lives through more thantwo centuries. Before his departure for the South, hedescribed to me a region through whichhe had passed, well stocked with muskox. This, I decided, should be the sceneof my hunt, and the Doctor arrangedthat his two young Eskimo companions,Ahwelah and Etukishuk, should be ofmy party. It is a long and difficult sledge jour-ney to Upernavik. I was expecting avessel to come to my relief in the au-tumn, and therefore Dr. Cook placed inmy charge his instruments and such ofhis personal belongings as might be in-jured or lost in sledge transportation, orwould Impede progress. 1 accompaniedhim to Etah, where we said good-by,and then returned to Annootok to pre-pare for my hunting expedition to Elles-mere Land. Komatik (sledge) loads were lashedinto place on the evening of May 12th. >.()2. !
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