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 . rce of worry inthe fear that some of them would break their legs inclambering over the angular blocks of stone. Everydog was to us more precious far than the most valuedpieces of horse-fiesh in the land we had come from. As we adva
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 . rce of worry inthe fear that some of them would break their legs inclambering over the angular blocks of stone. Everydog was to us more precious far than the most valuedpieces of horse-fiesh in the land we had come from. As we advanced, summit after summit rose tanta-lisingly before us, still masking from our view thecoveted sight of the great bay which I now had nodoubt lay before us, hidden perhaps between tower-ing cliffs that walled it round. Still with every stepas we went on we eagerly examined all the slopesand ravines for musk-oxen. Again and again, somelarge black boulder would give us a thrill of excite-ment, only to pass away again. At last, however, as Northernmost Greenland 337 we were slowly and painfully creeping down the slopeof an ancient moraine, two black objects were spiedacross the valley. As we looked, the space betweenthem narrowed. There could be no doubt this were musk-oxen, and I stooped to pat Paushead and speak a word of encouragement to the noble. MY FIRST MUSK-OXEN. dog, for I knew fresh meat would restore the brilliancyto his dull eyes and save his life. As quickly as possible, we crept behind the crest ofa hill, restraining every symptom of a howl or cryfrom any of the dogs, and then worked along towardsthe feeding animals. Just this side of them was adeep ravine, traversed by a glacial stream, one armof which branched up near where we were. Oncebetween the high banks of this, we hurried rapidly 33^ Northward over the Great Ice along till within less than half a mile of the I divested myself of my pack, and left Astriipand the dogs, while I crept on dow
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