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 . s we got our packs inside, and was now begin-ning to drift the fine snow into the entrance. Atnine , the temperature in the igloo was -f-22° the barometer read When I awoke, fine snow was drifting in my
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 . s we got our packs inside, and was now begin-ning to drift the fine snow into the entrance. Atnine , the temperature in the igloo was -f-22° the barometer read When I awoke, fine snow was drifting in my a candle, I saw that it was four oclockMonday morning, that our entrance had drifted full,and that the wind had forced a small hole throughthe end wall of the igloo, through which the driftwas pouring in a stream that had already covered to Imprisoned on the Ice-Cap 203 a depth of several inches the foot of my sleeping-bag,and the head and shoulders of the Doctor, who waslying in the opposite direction. The Doctor turnedout in a hurry, plugged up the hole with snow, andthen reversed the head of his bag so as to lie thesame as Astriip and myself. Again I fell asleep, only to be again awakened bythe roar of the storm and the snow driving in my over the foot of my bag, I could just see, inthe faint light of day, that the cutting drift had eaten. SUNRISE CAMP. off the angle of the igloo where roof and end wallmet, had completely filled that end, and was rapidlycovering us. As I watched it, roof and wall meltedaway as fine sand before a water jet; and by the timeI could arouse Dr. Cook, adjust my hood, and tightenmy bag, it required a good deal of effort to force my-self up through the superincumbent weight of Doctor also succeeded in liberating himself, butAstriip, who was lying on the other side of the igloo,could not get free. 204 Northward over the ** Great Ice Telling- Dr. Cook to keep a breathing hole openfor Astriip, I rose up in my bag, forced the s
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