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 . er, I found the snow increasing sorapidly and the surface of the Inland Ice rising at sucha steep grade as I advanced into the interior, that Ifinally steered a more northerly course. We hadhardly made four miles in this direction,
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 . er, I found the snow increasing sorapidly and the surface of the Inland Ice rising at sucha steep grade as I advanced into the interior, that Ifinally steered a more northerly course. We hadhardly made four miles in this direction, when oncemore the big sledge, strained and weakened by therough work of thelast eight days, broke down again, To the Northern End of Greenland 313 and we lost an entire day in repairing and relashingit, and re-stowing its load. The next day we were ableto advance six miles, and then were treated to a sourceof annoyance and delay which we had not countedupon. A few hours of snow-storm, followed by darkand cloudy weather and a rapid rise of temperaturenearly to the freezing-point, resulted in that worst ofall possible conditions of the snow, viz.: a certain stick-iness which made the sledges drag as if loaded withlead. The does, which at other times could takeboth sledges along at a good pace, were now unableto move one, and required the assistance of Astriip. A BREAK-DOWN. and myself, the one pulling, and the other pushing atthe upstanders. Under these circumstances, nothingcould be done except wait for a fall of temperature,and this did not occur for two days. The time, how-ever, was utilised in overhauling the sledges and loads,and throwing away articles and material which ourexperience now showed us could be spared. The totalweight thus left amounted to some seventy-five first drop in temperature was eagerly seizedupon to advance again, and with Astriip and myselfassisting, and with all the dogs at one sledge, we suc-ceeded with double-bankinof in advancing six an
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