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 . CRIPPLE BEACH. My Promenade. disagreeable. We spent it overhauling one of thesledges for the approaching sledging season. OnAugust 29th, it snowed again, and at midnight theground for the first time was white down to thewaters edge
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 . CRIPPLE BEACH. My Promenade. disagreeable. We spent it overhauling one of thesledges for the approaching sledging season. OnAugust 29th, it snowed again, and at midnight theground for the first time was white down to thewaters edge. It melted, however, next day, and nosnow was seen at a lower elevation than 300 to 400feet above the sea. On the last day of August, it Preparing Our North-Greenland Home 87 was evident that summer was at an end. The httlebrook near the house had already been frozen overfor two or three days. Soon after the Kite left us, I was able to get aroundon crutches, and one of the deliorhts of life was to sitin front of the house, taking sun-baths and enjoyingthe invigorating air. Before the middle of the month,. ARCTIC HOUSE BUILDING. the ice was almost entirely out of the bay, but numer-ous small bergs from the glacier at its head werescattered over its surface, and frequently we heardthe loud reports as they broke to pieces. On August15th, I observed that the snow on the ice-caps sur-rounding McCormick Bay was melting quite rapidly,and the ice could be plainly seen bluish-green in of the days were very delightful as I sat in front 88 Northward over the Great Ice of the house against the whale-boat Mary Peary,enjoying my sun-bath. The Httle brook beside thehouse babbled merrily, the flocks of little auks flewpast just off the beach, uttering their garrulous cries,and every few minutes I could hear the crash andthunder of a sundering berg rolling across the mosses and scant vegetation of the rock slopesalong the shore were taking on a purplish hue as ifit were the
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