. Northward over the "great ice" [microform] : 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. Scientific expeditions; Expéditions scientifiques. H Z o Q O X chaptp:r XIII. UPWARD ICI-MAT JOURNEY.'. A T last the day ar- rived to which I had looked for- ward and for which I had planned s
. Northward over the "great ice" [microform] : 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. Scientific expeditions; Expéditions scientifiques. H Z o Q O X chaptp:r XIII. UPWARD ICI-MAT JOURNEY.'. A T last the day ar- rived to which I had looked for- ward and for which I had planned so long^, the day set for the departure upon the journey across the " Great ; What a strikinjj;- 'llus- tration of the law ui the failure of reality to equal expectation ! Thoutdi at .•~. last in the position for which I had worked so lonor, I was terribly handicapped. ' The usual stock chapter on equipment to be found in Arctic narratives is omitted in this book, primarily for economy of space, secondarily because such chapter is of value only to those specially interested in Arctic work, and not to the general reader. W ere I through with my work in the North, it would be my duty to contribute my experience and results for the benefit of those following. As my task is not completed and further experience may modifiy many things, I feel that de- tails of equipment can easily bide their time, and for the present yield room for matters of more general interest. Some general remarks on equipment will be found in the Introduction. The following details of the devising and construction of our cooker are given simply as a typical illustration of the shifts to which we were f(jrce(l in connection with every vital item of our ecjuipment. With the loss of my alcohol, the only resource left us in the way of fuel was kerosene, and this of the poorest quality. The question of how to use this, and how to make an effective cooker and boiler from the material at hand, was a 4
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