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 . CHAPTER 11. PREPARING OUR NORTH-GREENLAND M Y struggle with theMelville-Bay icehad been more se-vere than that of most ofmy predecessors in NorthGreenland exploration,due partly to the com-paratively small size ofmy ship, pa
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 . CHAPTER 11. PREPARING OUR NORTH-GREENLAND M Y struggle with theMelville-Bay icehad been more se-vere than that of most ofmy predecessors in NorthGreenland exploration,due partly to the com-paratively small size ofmy ship, partly to theearly date at which I at-tacked three weeks longfconflict with the floe ice had cost me just that amountof time which I had hoped to devote to the largeamount of work preliminary to carrying out themain purposes of my expedition. About threemonths, however, yet remained to us for outdoorwork, before settling down to the comparative in-activity of the long winter night. The first thing to do, of course, was to select asuitable site for our camp, put up the building, andsettle my arctic household to rights as soon as pos-sible. Then, unless the Eskimos came to my head-quarters, it was essential to communicate with had reason to believe that one or more of theirhunters would be of great advantage to us. More- 73 74 Northward over the Great Ice over, I wanted them Hving near us. I wish
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