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 . .-VfcXw^ Wu> SECTION OF ICE-SHOE. Preparing for the Ice-Cap Campaign 229 pair of reindeer socks, got into my bag, arranged it allwithout the stimulus of food or hot tea, and in a few min-utes was comfortable, and slept well thro
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 . .-VfcXw^ Wu> SECTION OF ICE-SHOE. Preparing for the Ice-Cap Campaign 229 pair of reindeer socks, got into my bag, arranged it allwithout the stimulus of food or hot tea, and in a few min-utes was comfortable, and slept well through the morning, March 3d, Matt and Annowkahstarted after deer to the head of the bay, with thePrincess sledge, sleeping-gear, and five clays pro-visions. Jack, my Newfoundland dog, easily draggedtheir sledge, weighing over 150 pounds, along the ice-foot. Next day, Ikwa, who had gone around CapeCleveland after deer, returned with a fine animal, andthis opened the spring hunting ESKIMO BITCH AND PUPPIES. From noon until sunset on March 4th, there was aparhelion, of which only the upper and right-handimages were visible, the rest of the phenomenon be-ing hidden behind the cliffs, and the sun being too 230 Northward over the Great Ice low for the lower image. After the sun got past CapeCleveland, there was a bright pencil of light streamingupward from the orb and about eleven degrees angular radius of the parhelion circle was 22-^° the appearance of the parhelion, see page 243. After lunch, Sunday, March 6th, Matt and Annowkahreturned, having shot four deer. They had slept in asnow igloo and suffered no discomfort, though the out-side temperature had been from -40° F. to -50° F. atRed Cliff House, and possibly lower where they should be remembered that one of these men was ofAfrican descent, and his only experience of tempera-
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