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 . his hind foot, eliciting a bite anda double-barrelled kick, and accelerating his speed ;another from the Captain through the other foot elic-ited another bite and kick; then followed several in-effective shots, and he took to the w
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 . his hind foot, eliciting a bite anda double-barrelled kick, and accelerating his speed ;another from the Captain through the other foot elic-ited another bite and kick; then followed several in-effective shots, and he took to the water; here I gota bullet in his head which staggered him, and as hewas attempting to climb out on the ice, another in thebase of the skull tumbled him over, an inert mass. Hewas a gaunt old fellow, without an ounce of fat on him,with a magnificent head and set of ivories, and armsthat would be worth a fortune to a prize-fighter. Shortly after noon of the 13th, the Eagle drovethrough the compacted edge of the pack, and enteredthe dark wind-tossed, ice-free waters of the Strait,off Cape Walsingham. The next afternoon we were caught by an arctichurricane, before which the snow drove in level sheetsacross the deck, and a frightful sea arose, with inde-scribable rapidity. We ran before it till all the whaling-gear was passed from the boats down into the hold, to-. 34 Northward over the Great Ice gether with everything movable on deck, the boatsthemselves doubledashed, hatches battened down,and extra gaskets on the sails. Then with bracesmanned by the entire crew, and three men lashed atthe wheel, the old ship was ready to round to intothe teeth of the storm. Clinging to the weather endof the bridge, with everything except our eyes cased in the snow, stood Jack-man and myself, watch-ing the mad seas whichcame tumbling after usthrough the blindingdrift. For a few mo-ments, there was uttersilence as to humansounds. Then a g-reenmonster flune theEagles stern high in theair, poured over
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