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 . tbeside me in the stern into the bottom of the boat,where she could with her body shield my injured leg,now knitting in the splints, from the excited move-ments of the others, she steadily filled the magazinesof our Winchesters as
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 . tbeside me in the stern into the bottom of the boat,where she could with her body shield my injured leg,now knitting in the splints, from the excited move-ments of the others, she steadily filled the magazinesof our Winchesters as they were emptied, and enabledus to keep up such a continuous fire that the hugebrutes, though fiercely and repeatedly led to the chargeby a big bull, could not stand the uninterrupted blazeand crash from our repeaters, and at last we gladlywitnessed their departure, and then counted the spoilsof battle. Boat and Sledge Trips 143 We had four walrus heads in the boats and at leastfour more animals had been killed and sunk out ofsight. We were glad to land and camp for the night. Next mornine, Dr. Cook and Matt started to walkeast along the shore to the house of a native who,Ikwa said, lived near Cape Ackland. They were gonetwelve hours, and I put in the time taking bearingsand photographic views around the Sound. The Doctor and Matt returned at ten \l, and. AMPHITHEATRE BERG. Young Ice just Forming. thought they had walked nearly forty miles. Theyhad seen no natives, but had found four stone igloos,larger than others we had seen, only one of whichseemed to have been recently used. They found theyoung ice farther up the Sound strong enough towalk upon. As the new ice prevented farther progress, and wehad found no traces of deer alone the shore, we re- 144 Northward over the Great Ice turned the next morning to Red Chff House, and theday fohowing, September 26th, set out early to crossMcCormick Bay, and reconnoitre for deer in two val-leys on the north side. Soon after leaving
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