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 . THE WASHSTAND. neighbourhood the fall was lighter. I could get nofurther particulars, but as to the general truth of thestory I have little doubt. It seems strongly to indi-cate the possibility of volcanic dust having reachedthat r
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 . THE WASHSTAND. neighbourhood the fall was lighter. I could get nofurther particulars, but as to the general truth of thestory I have little doubt. It seems strongly to indi-cate the possibility of volcanic dust having reachedthat region, perhaps from some northern area stillunexplored. January 26th, the south-west sky glowed for hourswith rose and saffron tints. Arcturus and the GreatDipper, however, were still visible at midday. Afterlunch, Mrs. Peary and I went out on snow-shoes to 194 Northward over the Great Ice. the grand Amphitheatre Berg, about one and a halfmiles distant, in the direction of the Five-GlacierValley. Over the ice-cracks along the shore and around the bergs, the frozen watervapour, rising throughthe cracks, was makingwreaths of mist. In the evening, Arngo-doblahos three dogs, andanother I did not recog-nise, came into our vil-lage with a rush, theirtraces draesfinsf behindthem. About an hourlater, Nipsangwah ofKeati, and Tahwanafrom the head of Ingle-field Gulf, came in withthree more dogs. Tahwana had fallen into the waterand their sledge had been left behind on the ice. Igave them both a hot rum punch and they turned inon the floor, Nipsangwah was the brother of Annowkah, theDaisys husband. Tahwana lived with his familyand one other far up the head of Inglefield Gulf. Nip-sangwah was a powerful, quick, athletic man, whileTahwana was a queer, pigeontoed, little fellow witha defect in his eyes, and a walk like that of a bantamrooster, I learned from my visitors that there was
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