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 . all rocks and shoals, hadno land in sight and only deep water all about were climbing to the cloud-shrouded plateau ofthe continental divide, and the ascent to the mistyfrozen heights was exhilarating. W^hile the ice slopedto
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 . all rocks and shoals, hadno land in sight and only deep water all about were climbing to the cloud-shrouded plateau ofthe continental divide, and the ascent to the mistyfrozen heights was exhilarating. W^hile the ice slopedto the north, it also had a very sensible slope to thetrue east. All the sas^77io-/ pointed east, and the wind,constantly from the west, was pouring down theslope. At three , the wind died down and off came ourkooletahs. We had had the sun at our backs all theway, and it was a comfort to get into camp with eyesin a usable condition. We went to sleep at seven , Eight Thousand Feet above the Sea 361 nearly a half-mile higher in the air than at MoraineCamp. But such was the heat of the sun that, lyingunder a tarpaulin, I was awakened at midday in a pro-fuse perspiration. I felt thankful for the good effectof the musk-ox banquet upon our dogs, which was stillapparent. I had eight well-fed dogs to help me climbthe grade. In this days march, we had travelled. PANIKPA, nearly all day without ski or snow-shoes, but we putthem on towards the end. On July loth, in a little over twenty miles, we rosenearly a thousand feet higher. It was apparent thatthe continental divide runs north and south, and wasstill ahead of us. It was a hard day for me. I at-tributed my relaxed energies and mental heaviness tothe beverage I drank at breakfast. I wrote in my 362 Northward over the Great Ice diary that I was glad we had reached the last of ourcoffee. I wore my snow-shoes all day, though thesurface was firm enough to support sledges and dogs,and best of all there was no drift. One of our dogs,
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