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 . n ;and the low but not uncomfortable temperature of +40° F., by my cessation ofexercise while eating lunch inthe thirty-two-degrees-below-zero gale on the ice-cap. March, on the whole, was ablustering month, with manysnow-squalls a
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 . n ;and the low but not uncomfortable temperature of +40° F., by my cessation ofexercise while eating lunch inthe thirty-two-degrees-below-zero gale on the ice-cap. March, on the whole, was ablustering month, with manysnow-squalls and very low tem-peratures during the first week following my recon-naissance of the ice-cap wasone of continuous blusteringweather. The wind howledover the cliffs and about thehouse, like a pack of wolves,and the air was constantly fullof a blinding drift of snow. Nophase of the weather, however,interrupted our busy prepara-tions for the coming soon as we could see towork out-of-doors, in the latterpart of February, we were busy with sledge-makingand other articles of our outfit, in temperatures of— i9°F. to — 2 5°F. In these temperatures I usuallyworked in my dogskin trousers, an undershirt, and aguernsey. Saturday afternoon, March 26th, it cleared,and Northumberland and Hakluyt Islands were visiblefor the first time in six THE W^IDOWS MITE. Preparing for the Ice-Cap Campaign 235 There was, however, no doubt in my mind that thewinter, as a whole, had been mild ; that there had beenan unusual amount of open water in Smith Sound ; andthat the heavy, and I think exceptional, snow-fallhad kept the ice comparatively thin, which would facil-itate its breaking up early in the summer. The monthwent out like a lamb, with occasional sunshine and alittle light snow. On the side of the roof exposed tothe sun, the thermometer, laid on the tar red paper, read+ 32^ ° F. The snow was disappearing in the formof vapour, and there were little tricklings of wat
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