. The frozen zone and its explorers; a comprehensive record of voyages, travels, discoveries, adventures and whale-fishing in the Arctic regions for one thousand years . orous, amply-fed, unwashed, unclothed fellow-lodg-ers. No hyperbole could exaggerate that which inserious earnest I give as the truth. The platform meas-ured but seven feet in breadth by six in depth, theshape being semi-elliptical. Upon this, includingchildren and excluding myself, were bestowed thir-teen persons. The kotluk of each matron was glowing with aflame sixteen inches long. A flipper-quarter of wal-rus, which lay fr


. The frozen zone and its explorers; a comprehensive record of voyages, travels, discoveries, adventures and whale-fishing in the Arctic regions for one thousand years . orous, amply-fed, unwashed, unclothed fellow-lodg-ers. No hyperbole could exaggerate that which inserious earnest I give as the truth. The platform meas-ured but seven feet in breadth by six in depth, theshape being semi-elliptical. Upon this, includingchildren and excluding myself, were bestowed thir-teen persons. The kotluk of each matron was glowing with aflame sixteen inches long. A flipper-quarter of wal-rus, which lay frozen on the floor of the netek, was cutinto steaks; and the kolopsuts began to smoke with aburden of ten or fifteen pounds apiece. Metek, with alittle amateur aid from some of the sleepers, emptiedthese without my assistance. I had the most cordialinvitation to precede them; but I had seen enough ofthe culinary regime to render it impossible. I brokemy fast on a handful of frozen liver-nuts that Billbrouglit me, and, bursting out into a profuse perspira-tion, I stripped like the rest, threw my well-tired car-cass across Mrs. Eider-ducks extremities, put her left-. THE ATLUK OR SEAL-HOLE.


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