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 . CHILD. Flash-light. At Through the Great Night 177 these times foot-races and ski and snow-shoe practicewere the popular amusements, and it would have beenworth while, had it been possible, to obtain a goodphotograph of the party o
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 . CHILD. Flash-light. At Through the Great Night 177 these times foot-races and ski and snow-shoe practicewere the popular amusements, and it would have beenworth while, had it been possible, to obtain a goodphotograph of the party on some occasions when com-ing down the slopes behind Red Cliff on their ski; oneof them now and then burying his head in the snow,while his ski-shod feet were flourishing in the air. Astrup was our professor of the art of ski travel,which he had learned in Norway, the home of ski-run-ning. The members of the party made good progressunder his able tuition, though they did not becomeexperts in coasting or climbing. It was much easierto get the knack of snow-shoeing than to master theart of ski travel, though on the level we were allsoon able to handle the ski fairly well. The weather was pleasant about two-thirds of thetime throughout the long night. Storms and a lowtemperature marked not more than one-third of thearctic CHAPTER VI. THROUGH THE GREAT NIGHT {Continued). Red Cliff in Holiday Attire—Our Christmas Dinner—Banquet toTHE Natives—A Little Twilight at Noon—Visitors from DistantCape York—Mrs. Pearys New Years Reception—Longest Snow-Stormof the Winter—Red Cliff nearly Buried—A Moonlight Landscape—An Alarm of Fire—Native Story of Black Snow—Busy Times—Ex-periments WITH Fur Clothing—Coldest Days of the Year—A Scoutto the Ice-Cap.
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