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 . swere not disturbed. Wehad a race coming back,and I thought I acquittedmyself very creditably, considering that it was my firstfoot-race since the breaking of my leg. After Christmas, it was clearly apparent that thenoonday twiligh
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 . swere not disturbed. Wehad a race coming back,and I thought I acquittedmyself very creditably, considering that it was my firstfoot-race since the breaking of my leg. After Christmas, it was clearly apparent that thenoonday twilight was increasing. Only those whohave lived for many weeks in darkness, or whosebrightest days have been illumined only by the cold,reflected beams of the moon, can realise with whateagerness and pleasure every indication of the sunsreturning light and power was welcomed at Red CliffHouse. At nine on the 28th, the cliffs back of thehouse were outlined in the twilight, and at noon the op-posite shore of the bay was illumined by the the evening of December 29th, it began snow-ing and kept it up till early next morning, when afoot more of snow had been added to Red Cliffswinter covering. There was a fresh breeze from thehead of the bay and the thermometer rose nine , it was ii-|° F. Through the Great Night 187 Thursday the 31st. OOTUNIAH. was a wild squally day, thewind falling in heavy gusts from the bluffs behindus. The temperature, however, was high, rising to-\-16^° F. Everyone wasbusy in various prepara-tions for New Peary sent out invit-ations toan at home inthe south parlour of RedCliff House from tenp. M. December 31 st, 1891,until 1892. While atdinner, the unmistakablebarking of my two New-foundland dogs an-nounced the arrival ofmore Eskimos, and whendinner was over theywere admitted. I found them to be our old acquaint-ances : Kessuh of Netiulume, with his wife Mane andtheir child; Kyowito, an ugly giant from Narksarsomi;Ootu
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