. The Arctic world: its plants, animals and natural phenomena [microform] : with a historical sketch of Arctic discovery down to the British Polar Expedition: 1875-76. British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; Zoology; Zoologie. â ! THE BOAT KKOOVKUEI). SSI boat, a part of their provisions, and an extemporized luit of poles, remained on tiie main ]iart of the original floa. The ice-raft whicii carried Tyson and his companions measured about 150 yards each way. On the 2l8t, however, the boat and provisions were recovered. Joe, with the keen eye of an Eskimo, caught s
. The Arctic world: its plants, animals and natural phenomena [microform] : with a historical sketch of Arctic discovery down to the British Polar Expedition: 1875-76. British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; Zoology; Zoologie. â ! THE BOAT KKOOVKUEI). SSI boat, a part of their provisions, and an extemporized luit of poles, remained on tiie main ]iart of the original floa. The ice-raft whicii carried Tyson and his companions measured about 150 yards each way. On the 2l8t, however, the boat and provisions were recovered. Joe, with the keen eye of an Eskimo, caught sight of the bow of the l>oat, projecting from a fragment of the broken ii;c. Folio ved by his faithful aily, Tyson went in search of it, leaping like a chamois hunter fron) crag to crag. Six of the dogs had accon)panied him. These were to tlio boat, and with the help of sturdy arms dragged it over the disrupted floe. The whole party then removed to the large floe, where some snow-houses were speedily erected. They formed (piite aii cncain|i. ADIUFT ON THE ment: one hut, or rather a sort of half-hut, for Mr. Meyers and Captain Tyson ; Joe's hut for himself, his wife, and their adopted daughter ; a hut for the men ; a storehouse for provisions, and a cook-house,âall united by arched galleries, built of consolidated snow, with one main entrance, and smaller ones branching off to the several apartments or huts. Hans built his i</loe separately, but close by. All were constructed after the Eskimo fashionâthat is, the ground being levelled oft", one half of the floor toward the end furthest from the entrance was slightly raised above the other or front half. The raised part, as we have previously explained, serves as parlour and bedroom; the lower area, as workshop and kitchen. The walls and arched roof were up of square blocks of hard snow, packed hard and close by the force of the wind, A square of about eighteen inches of this compressed s
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