Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 139 June to November 1919 . becamescarcer as we traveled south, and severalyears of experience have now shown usthat the north end of the island is bettersupplied with animal life than the southend, whether in winter or summer. Inthe northern half of Banks Island ithas seldom befallen us any year that wehave traveled to pass two whole dayswithout seeing caribou, but on our wayfrom the north end to Cape Kellett in adistance of one hundred miles we sawcaribou only once in ten days. That wasenough, however, for we had startedwith a weeks supply of dried meat.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 139 June to November 1919 . becamescarcer as we traveled south, and severalyears of experience have now shown usthat the north end of the island is bettersupplied with animal life than the southend, whether in winter or summer. Inthe northern half of Banks Island ithas seldom befallen us any year that wehave traveled to pass two whole dayswithout seeing caribou, but on our wayfrom the north end to Cape Kellett in adistance of one hundred miles we sawcaribou only once in ten days. That wasenough, however, for we had startedwith a weeks supply of dried meat. The season was now too late forgeese, but it was interesting to see thatin the vicinity of the small lakes insouthern part of the island the groundwas as white with the molted feathers ofthe geese as if a light snow-storm hadjust passed. We learned later that theseare, in the main or entirely, the malewhite geese who spend the summer hereby the million. Cape Kellett is a hook-shaped sand-spit, projecting west into the oceanabout eight miles from the southwest. UNLOADING THE MARY SACHS AT BANKS ISLAND BEFORE STEFANSSONS PARTY FOUND HER 44 HARPERS MONTHLY MAGAZINE corner of Banks Island. There is behindit a sort of a harbor, although not a goodone. Good harbors for ships of lightdraft are found every few miles fromthere northward along the west neither behind the cape nor else-where had we seen a ship. We werenaturally a bit downhearted when,on the evening of September ioth, wecamped at the foot of the Kellett sand-spit. It was not that we were in any fearfor our lives, for we were still able todo one of two things—spend the wholewinter in Banks Island and continueour explorations the following year, orcross to the North American mainlandsometime during the winter, either di-rectly from Banks Island south acrossthe ice sixty miles to Cape Parry, orelse in the more roundabout way overPrince of Wales Straits to VictoriaIsland and thence to the mainland. Butalthough we c
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