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 . d the house, about four feet distantfrom it. The foundation of this wall was stones, turf, emptybarrels ; its upper portion built of the wooden boxes 8o Northward over the Great Ice containing my tinned supplies, piled in regular c
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 . d the house, about four feet distantfrom it. The foundation of this wall was stones, turf, emptybarrels ; its upper portion built of the wooden boxes 8o Northward over the Great Ice containing my tinned supplies, piled in regular courseslike blocks of stone. The boxes had intentionally been made of the samewidth and depth, thoughof varying lengths, to fitthem for this use This corridor wasroofed with canvas, ex-tending from the side ofthe house to the top ofthe wall, and later, whenthe snow came, it, as wellas the roof of the houseitself, was covered in withsnow and the outside ofthe wallsthicklybankedwith thesame ma-terial. Bythis a r-raneementof the box-es I avoid-ed the ne-cessity ofusing anyportion ofthe house for storage ; the contents of every box was immediatelyand conveniently accessible, as if on the shelves of acupboard, and the rampart thus formed protected thehouse in a surprising degree from the stress of thewinters cold. While my party was at work on the house, the ships. HENSON W^ITH RAVEN AND BLUE FOX. Preparing Our North-Greenland Home 8i crew was busy bringing off my stores and coal. This-task filled four days with hard work. The driftingfloes made it impossible for the Kite to anchor, andshe steamed slowly up and down the shore, while thestores and materials were landed in my whale-boats.
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