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 . thatstrange contrariety of suggestion which I have fre-quently noted in the Arctic regions—bearing me faraway to the ledges of brown cliffs familiar in youth,with the waves of summer seas murmuring at theirbase. Rising to return, I
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 . thatstrange contrariety of suggestion which I have fre-quently noted in the Arctic regions—bearing me faraway to the ledges of brown cliffs familiar in youth,with the waves of summer seas murmuring at theirbase. Rising to return, I drove my alpenstock with com-parative ease through about two feet of snow (thelast winters fall) to the icy surface of the previoussummer. Into this I drilled about one and a halffeet and then could get no deeper. Returning, I rejoined Astriip, and as the big yellowmoon, surrounded by a rose-coloured halo, climbedover the cliffs, we reached Red Cliff House at , after a fifteen-mile tramp. A few days more and the sun would rise. Constant occupation, first in the little fittings aboutthe home, then in the construction of ski and sledges,daily exercise out-of-doors, the visits of the natives,the pleasant breaks of Thanksgiving and the Christ-mas holidays, congenial companionship and the bestof food, had carried us quickly through the CHAPTER VII. IMPRISONED ON THE ICE-CAP. Building a Snow Igloo on the Ice-Cap for the Sunrise Party—Climb-ing Io THE Ice-Cap, over 2000 Feet above the Sea—A Furious Storm—Awakened by the Roar of the Wind and Drift—Our Snow Hut Eatenaway—Exposed to the Elements in our Sleeping-Bags with NothingON but Underclothing—Our Fur Garments Deep under the Drift—Unable to Stand against the Gale—A Day and a Half before wecan Extricate ourselves—Sunrise—Return to Red Cliff—The Campnearly Washed away by the Furious Fohn—Torrents of Rain inFebruary—Putting Things Shipshape again.
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